Lena Horne

"It's so nice to get flowers while you can still smell the fragrance."

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

"I am not alone. I am free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody, I don't have to be a first to anybody. 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."

""Always be smarter than the people who hire you.“"

"I made a promise to myself to be kinder to other people."

"My friend, Miss Lena Horne"

"One of my fondest personal memories was Lena Horne and Mike Douglas. We were booked to do "Here's to My Lady" and a prolonged medley together on a Kraft Music Hall Special. I was so thrilled, I kept making mistakes in rehearsal just so we'd have to do it over again."