Abbey Lincoln
Abbey Lincoln
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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth6 August 1930
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
brothers hearing radio remember second song three war
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.
heart world speak
The best thing you can do is to be a woman and stand before the world and speak your heart.
music new-york unhappy
I was in New York, miserable because I was working supper clubs but I wasn't expressing myself. I was really unhappy with my life. I saw Max Roach again and he told me I didn't have to do things like that. He made me an honest woman on the stage. I have been performing in that tradition since. I feel that I'm a serious performer now whereas then I wanted to be but I didn't know how.
music thinking forever
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.
people albums max
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.
music voice singing
I am the first instrument. I am the voice. I do not imitate other instruments. Other instruments imitate me.
people cabinets looks
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.
trying want done
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.
paint couches brushes
I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.