Lena Horne

Always be smarter than the people who hire you. ↗

— Lena Horne

#always #hire #people #smarter #than

I'm not alone, I'm 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. ↗

— Lena Horne

#anybody #credit #first #free #i

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

— Lena Horne

#angry #because #death #feel #just

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

— Lena Horne

#fragrance #get #nice #smell #still

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. ↗

— Lena Horne

#else #hollywood #hoped #i #imitation

My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman. ↗

— Lena Horne

#black #clear #i #i am #identity

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way. ↗

— Lena Horne

#class #second #taught #way #you

As much as I try, when I open my mouth, Lena comes out, And I get so mad. ↗

— Lena Horne

#get #i #lena #mad #mouth

I'm still learning, you know. At 80, I feel there is a lot I don't know. ↗

— Lena Horne

#i #i feel #know #learning #lot

I remember the day tDr. King died. I wasn't angry at the beginning. It was like something very personal in my life had been touched and finished. ↗

— Lena Horne

#been #beginning #day #died #finished