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"As much as I try, when I open my mouth, Lena comes out, And I get so mad."
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"I think there are influences that you open the door to, and influences that come under the door."
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"Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence on me."

"I remember the day tDr. King died. I wasn't angry at the beginning. It was like something very personal in my life had been touched and finished."

"I was lucky, as many of my generation was, in having a man like Dr. King in our lives. He came at a time that we needed to take a long look at each other and see how similar we were."

"I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody else."

"Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death."

"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."

"Every color I can think of and nationality, we were all touched by Dr. King because he made us like each other and respect each other."

"I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald."

"I told them I belong to the same organizations and clubs Mrs. Roosevelt belongs to, but with a few brave exceptions, I was still unable to do films or television for the next seven years."
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