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. — Abbey Lincoln Copy Share Image
I am the first instrument. I am the voice. I do not imitate other instruments. Other instruments imitate me. — Abbey Lincoln Copy Share Image
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… — Abbey Lincoln Copy Share Image
The best thing you can do is to be a woman and stand before the world and speak your heart. — Abbey Lincoln Copy Share Image
I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes. — Abbey Lincoln Copy Share Image
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… — Abbey Lincoln Copy Share Image
There are men and women still on the streets, and that's all they are saying Can you spare a quarter? I come from a… — Abbey Lincoln Copy Share Image
I was looking for the people who were making the music inside the cabinet. I would look in there and see if I could… — Abbey Lincoln Copy Share Image
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… — Abbey Lincoln Copy Share Image
I remember hearing the song when I was 12 or 14 in - it must have been in Chicago, 'cause we didn't have a… — Abbey Lincoln Copy Share Image
I am the first instrument. I am the voice. I do not imitate other instruments. Other instruments imitate me. — Abbey Lincoln Copy Share Image
I loved Billie Holiday more than any other person other than myself on the stage. Yeah, I do. — Abbey Lincoln Copy Share Image
