When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have heard my music and heard the classic in it, so I have become known as a…

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

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

I'm a real rebel with a cause.

I'm a real rebel with a cause.

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....

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.

This may be a dream, but I'll say it anyway: I was supposed to be...

This may be a dream, but I'll say it anyway: I was supposed to be...

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...

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...

Desegregation is a joke.

Desegregation is a joke.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...