I Look At The Past And I

He [belafonte] Was A Good Teacher And Looked After Me. He Said, 'you Have Such Great Talent, You Must Try Not To Be A Tornado - Be Like A Submarine. It Was Good Advice When I Found Myself Speaking At The Un Committee Against Apartheid And Then The Un General Assembly.

It Was Hard To Be Away From Home, But I Am Glad That I Am Home Now.

I'm Not A Politician; I Am A Singer. Long Ago, They Said, 'that One, She Sings Politics.' I Don't Sing Politics; I Merely Sing The Truth.

Age Is Wisdom If One Has Lived Ones Life Properly.

When I Was Young, I Never Bought Records Because My Brother Joseph Played Saxophone And Had A Record Player. I Loved Listening To His Records: The Dorsey Brothers, Duke Ellington, All The Big American Jazz Bands, And Vocalists Like Ella Fitzgerald, Ernestine Anderson, And Kitty White, A Singer From The Us Who Was A Friend Of Nina Simone. Nobody In America Seems To Know About Her, But She Was Quite Popular In South Africa.