Lena Horne
Lena Horne
Lena Mary Calhoun Hornewas an American Award–winning jazz and pop music singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned over 70 years appearing in film, television, and theater. Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of 16 and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood, where she had small parts in numerous movies, and more substantial parts in the 1943 films Cabin in the Sky and Stormy Weather. Because of the Red Scare...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWorld Music Singer
Date of Birth30 June 1917
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way. But the slanting process is so subtle that you frequently don't realize how you're being slanted until very late in the game.
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.
Always be smarter than the people who hire you.
A little nepotism never hurt nobody, honey. If you got it, use it. Press on with it. Remind them of it.
You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way.
Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death.
It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. Carry it by the comfortable handles of gratitude for what's positive and that it is not worse, rather than the uncomfortable edges of bitterness for the negatives and that it is not better.
The naked female body is treated so weirdly in society. It's like people are constantly begging to see it, but once they do, someone's a hoe.