“If it wasn’t for hustlers, gangsters & gamblers there’d be no Jazz. Wasn’t middle~class who said Let’s go hear Bird tonight.” Betty Carter
“This is our culture, and I don’t care who the musician is, if he avoids black people, then he is scared of something. He doesn’t … Read More
“After me there are no more jazz singers . . . It’s a crime that no little singer is back there sockin’ it to me … Read More
“If you’re sitting in that audience ready to fight me from the very beginning, I’m going to have a hard time getting to you. But … Read More
“You can do anything you want to do, if you know what to do.” Betty Carter
