I Am The First Instrument. I Am

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 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 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.

You Can Never Loose A Thing If It Belongs To You.

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.