The Best Thing You Can

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.

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.

We Have Inherited A Great Music. This Music Is A Holdover. It Comes With Us Like The Skin, The Texture Of Our Hair. It's Our Memory Banks.

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.

The Best Thing You Can Do Is To Be A Woman And Stand Before The World And Speak Your Heart.