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I Was One Of I Think Three White Girls In My School. So, I Was Very Much An Outsider. And Plus I Was Jewish And All Of My Friends Were Black And Baptist Because They Listen To The Coolest Music. We Were All Listening To Ray Charles And What Was Then Called Race Music.

I Think I Grew Up, Stopped Worrying About What People Thought Of Me, And Whether Things Were Going To Turn Out Ok. I'm Concentrating On Doing The Best Work I Can Do And Letting It Go At That.

I Think All Of Us Thought That By The '70s, At The Latest The '80s, All The World's Problems Would Be Solved And Everyone Would Be Getting Along Fine. And Instead We Saw That Martin Luther King Jr. Was Assassinated That Year, Robert F. Kennedy Died. We Saw That It Was Going To Be A Lot More Difficult Than I Think We Had Thought.

The Money When You're Having A Hit Is Great, But Money Can Be Taken From You. What Can't Be Taken From You Is The Talent And The Effect Your Work Has.

Some People Would Rather Stay Ignorant And Self-satisfied.