This may be a dream, but I'll say it anyway: I was supposed to be married last year, and I bought a gown. When I meet Nelson Mandela, I shall put on this gown and have the train of it…

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I would like a man now who is rich, and who can give me a...

I would like a man now who is rich, and who can give me a...

Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me...

Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me...

I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important....

I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important....

I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don't...

I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don't...

The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and...

The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and...

When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and...

When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and...

Desegregation is a joke.

Desegregation is a joke.

I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation...

I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation...

I'm a real rebel with a cause.

I'm a real rebel with a cause.

Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.

Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.

Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I'm lucky that I have a...

Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I'm lucky that I have a...

Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking.

Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking.

I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all...

I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all...

To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what...

To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what...

There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are...

There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are...

I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive...

I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive...

I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a...

I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a...

From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a...

From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a...