After me there are no more jazz singers . . . It's a crime that no little singer is back there sockin' it to me in my field. To keep it going, to keep it alive, because I'm not going to live forever. — Betty Carter Copy Share Image
If it wasn't for hustlers, gangsters & gamblers there'd be no Jazz. Wasn't middle~class who said Let's go hear Bird tonight. — Betty Carter Copy Share Image
After me there are no more jazz singers . . . It's a crime that no little singer is back there sockin' it to… — Betty Carter Copy Share Image
This is our culture, and I don't care who the musician is, if he avoids black people, then he is scared of something. He… — Betty Carter Copy Share Image
If you're sitting in that audience ready to fight me from the very beginning, I'm going to have a hard time getting to you.… — Betty Carter Copy Share Image
If it wasn't for hustlers, gangsters & gamblers there'd be no Jazz. Wasn't middle~class who said Let's go hear Bird tonight. — Betty Carter Copy Share Image
