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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.
~ Abbey Lincoln
Afford
Anybody
Anything
Ask
Been
Come
Done
Madonna
Makes
Me
Much
Prove
Saying
Somebody
Trying
Want
Wants
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I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.
~ Abbey Lincoln
Because
Brushes
Couch
Lay
Paint
See
Therapist
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I loved Billie Holiday more than any other person other than myself on the stage. Yeah, I do.
~ Abbey Lincoln
Any
Billie Holiday
Holiday
Loved
More
Myself
Other
Person
Stage
Than
Yeah
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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
Been
Brothers
Cause
Chicago
Farm
Had
Hearing
I Remember
Must
Overseas
Radio
Remember
Second
Second World War
Song
Three
War
Who
World
World War
World War I
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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.
~ Abbey Lincoln
Forever
I Think
Now
Really
Substantial
Then
Think
Tomorrow
Truth
Will
Work
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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.
~ Abbey Lincoln
Cabinet
Could
Find
For The People
If I Could
Inside
Look
Looking
Making
Music
People
See
Somebody
Were
Who
Wonderful
Would
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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.
~ Abbey Lincoln
Album
Armstrong
Benny
Carter
Duke
Duke Ellington
First
Given
Great
Great People
Lot
Louis
Louis Armstrong
Max
Me
Meeting
Met
People
Relationships
Spirit
Through
Too
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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.
~ Abbey Lincoln
Come
Crowd
Current
Had
How
Input
Knew
Life
Men
Men And Women
Outlook
People
Quarter
Saying
Seemed
Social
Some
Spare
Still
Streets
Things
Were
Where
Who
Women
You
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AuthorName
Abbey Lincoln
Profession
Musician
BirthDate
06 August, 1930
DeathDate
14 August, 2010
Country
United States
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