singer actress Hollywood Open dancer As much as I try, when I open my mouth, Lena comes out, And I get so mad. - Lena Horne
Pain Feeling Time After I got over the terrible pain of having something of mine taken from me, I began to think how bad everybody else must be feeling. It wasn't a nice time. - Lena Horne
Ability Want I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald. - Lena Horne
People Malcolm X raised my consciousness about myself and my people and other people more than any person I know. I knew him before he became Malcolm X. - Lena Horne
Credit First I'm not alone, I'm free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody; I don't have to be a first to anybody. - Lena Horne
I've always loved words. I ate up all the books I could get my hands on, and when I couldn't get books, I read candy wrappers and labels on cereal and toothpaste boxes. - Judy Holliday
My grandmother was the greatest cook in the world. She could just go in there, the whole kitchen would look like a tornado hit it and then she'd come out with the best food. Then she'd sit at the table and she wouldn't eat! - Edie Brickell
The big news already broke. The file-sharing and all that stuff, it's a done deal. And I think figuring out how to make that a fair exchange for the people that make music is still an issue. - Liz Phair
The kind of music or the kind of arrangements that I do, the kind of musicians I choose, is just what I like to hear. - Erykah Badu