The best thing you can do is to be a woman and stand before the world and speak your heart.
The best thing you can do is to be a woman and stand before the world and speak your heart. Abbey Lincoln
Sing a song correctly and you live forever.
Sing a song correctly and you live forever. Abbey Lincoln
I am the first instrument. I am the voice. I do not imitate other instruments. Other instruments imitate me.
I am the first instrument. I am the voice. I do not imitate other instruments. Other instruments imitate me. Abbey Lincoln
You can never lose a thing If it belongs to you.
You can never lose a thing If it belongs to you. Abbey Lincoln
I think that’s what really a substantial work is, it’s forever. It’s the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow.
I think that’s what really a substantial work is, it’s forever. It’s the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be … Read More
We have inherited a great music. This music is a holdover. It comes with us like the skin, the texture of our hair. It’s our memory banks.
We have inherited a great music. This music is a holdover. It comes with us like the skin, the texture of our hair. It’s our … Read More
It’s a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of people too. My first album was with Benny Carter.
It’s a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a … Read More
I don’t have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.
I don’t have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes. Abbey Lincoln
I was in New York, miserable because I was working supper clubs but I wasn’t expressing myself. I was really unhappy with my life. I saw Max Roach again and he told me I didn’t have to do things like that. He made me an honest woman on the stage. I have been performing in that tradition since. I feel that I’m a serious performer now whereas then I wanted to be but I didn’t know how.
I was in New York, miserable because I was working supper clubs but I wasn’t expressing myself. I was really unhappy with my life. I … Read More
There are men and women still on the streets, and that’s all they are saying Can you spare a quarter? I come from a crowd of people who were current on the outlook on life, who were social and knew where they were and had some input into how things seemed to be.
There are men and women still on the streets, and that’s all they are saying Can you spare a quarter? I come from a crowd … Read More
But I’ve been there and done that. I’m not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can afford what I ask, it’s not as much as Madonna makes; not that I want what Madonna makes, but I was saying.
But I’ve been there and done that. I’m not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can … Read More
I was looking for the people who were making the music inside the cabinet. I would look in there and see if I could find somebody who was making all this wonderful music.
I was looking for the people who were making the music inside the cabinet. I would look in there and see if I could find … Read More