Abbey Lincoln Quotes

Abbey Lincoln — American Musician born on August 06, 1930,

Anna Marie Wooldridge , known by her stage name Abbey Lincoln, was an American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress, who wrote and performed her own compositions. She was a civil rights advocate during the 1960s... (wikipedia)

I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.

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.

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.

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

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.

Abbey Lincoln Quotes

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