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I am the first instrument. I am the voice. I do not imitate other instruments. Other instruments imitate me.

Abbey Lincoln

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.
ABBEY LINCOLN

Bank Great Inherited Memory Hair Music Skin Texture
I was looking for the people who were making the music inside the cabinet. I would look in there and see if I could find somebody who was making all this wonderful music.
ABBEY LINCOLN

Cabinet Look Making Music People Wonderful
I don’t have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.
ABBEY LINCOLN

Brushes Couch Lay Paint Therapist Therapists
But I’ve been there and done that. I’m not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come.
ABBEY LINCOLN

Afford Anybody Anything Done Prove Trying
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

Albums Meeting People Relationship Spirit
Sing a song correctly and you live forever.
ABBEY LINCOLN

Correctly Forever Live Sing Song
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 crowd of people who were current on the outlook on life, who were social and knew where they were and had some input into how things seemed to be.
ABBEY LINCOLN

Crowd Life Men Outlook People Saying Women
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.
ABBEY LINCOLN

Afford Ask More Much
You can never loose a thing If it belongs to you.
ABBEY LINCOLN

Belong Hope Loose never
The best thing you can do is to be a woman and stand before the world and speak your heart.
ABBEY LINCOLN

Heart Speak Stand Woman World
I think that’s what really a substantial work is, it’s forever. It’s the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow.
ABBEY LINCOLN

Forever Music Thinking Tomorrow Truth Work
I am the first instrument. I am the voice. I do not imitate other instruments. Other instruments imitate me.
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First Imitate Instrument Music Singing Voice

I am the first instrument. I am the voice. I do not imitate other instruments. Other instruments imitate me.

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