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 doesn't have confidence in himself or else he doesn't believe in what he's doing. — 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
