Lena Horne Quotes

Always be smarter than the people who hire you.
Lena Horne

Intelligence, Smarter, Hire

I'm not alone, I'm free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody; I don't have to be a first to anybody.
Lena Horne

Alone, Free, Anybody

Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death.
Lena Horne

Death, Angry, Nothing

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way.
Lena Horne

Born, Second, Class

It's so nice to get flowers while you can still smell the fragrance.
Lena Horne

Nice, While, Flowers

I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody else.
Lena Horne

Woman, Become, Else

My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman.
Lena Horne

Woman, Black, Clear

I'm still learning, you know. At 80, I feel there is a lot I don't know.
Lena Horne

As much as I try, when I open my mouth, Lena comes out, And I get so mad.
Lena Horne

I remember the day tDr. King died. I wasn't angry at the beginning. It was like something very personal in my life had been touched and finished.
Lena Horne

Life, Angry, Remember

Malcolm X raised my consciousness about myself and my people and other people more than any person I know. I knew him before he became Malcolm X.
Lena Horne

Person, Him, Before

After I got over the terrible pain of having something of mine taken from me, I began to think how bad everybody else must be feeling. It wasn't a nice time.
Lena Horne

Time, Nice, Pain

Every color I can think of and nationality, we were all touched by Dr. King because he made us like each other and respect each other.
Lena Horne

Respect, Made, Color

I made a promise to myself to be kinder to other people.
Lena Horne

Made, Promise, Kinder

I really do hate to sing.
Lena Horne

I told them I belong to the same organizations and clubs Mrs. Roosevelt belongs to, but with a few brave exceptions, I was still unable to do films or television for the next seven years.
Lena Horne

Brave, Same, Few

I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald.
Lena Horne

Before, Wanted, Her

I was lucky, as many of my generation was, in having a man like Dr. King in our lives. He came at a time that we needed to take a long look at each other and see how similar we were.
Lena Horne

Time, Long, Lives

Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence on me.
Lena Horne

Peace, Time, Strong

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: June 30, 1917

Died: May 9, 2010

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