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Abbey Lincoln

"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."

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"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."

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Vera Miles

"Often times I'm confronted with a quote that I don't remember saying. So, on one hand it's very flattering, it is just so surreal."

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Vera Miles

"Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out."

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Vera Miles

"No, sir, I'm not saying that charming, witty and warm copy won't sell. I'm just saying I've seen thousands of charming, witty campaigns that didn't sell."

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Vera Miles

"I truly felt that was going to be my last tour. So here we are again and I'm saying this will probably be my last tour. That's truly the way I'm looking at it."

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Vera Miles

"The camera is interested in what you are thinking as opposed to just what you are doing or saying."

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Vera Miles

"111 company is like a dog who dirts those most whom he loves best."

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Vera Miles

"At least when it's in French, I won't know what the heck they're saying."

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Vera Miles

"Because Hightower's problem, among other things, is that advertisers would be a lot less interested in his show than in Limbaugh's, even if they have similar ratings, because of what Hightower is saying."

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Vera Miles

"Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one?"

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Vera Miles

"I remember Mitch Miller saying every week, This rock and roll stuff will never last. But one doesn't like to bring that up to Mitch."

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Abbey Lincoln
"It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of people too. My first album was with Benny Carter."

People

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Abbey Lincoln
"There are men and women still on the streets, and that's all they are saying Can you spare a quarter? I come from a crowd of people who were current on the outlook on life, who were social and knew where they were and had some input into how things seemed to be."

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Abbey Lincoln
"I remember hearing the song when I was 12 or 14 in - it must have been in Chicago, 'cause we didn't have a radio on the farm, and it was during the second World War. I had three brothers in that war who went overseas."

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Abbey Lincoln
"I loved Billie Holiday more than any other person other than myself on the stage. Yeah, I do."

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Abbey Lincoln
"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."

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Abbey Lincoln
"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."

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Abbey Lincoln
"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."

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