When I Played Lady Day,

I've Never Felt That Fear Is My Enemy. Fear Is My Friend. It Offers Me A Chance To Stay Alert, Keep Growing, Continue Creating Something New. If You Don't Take That Sort Of Risk, You Learn Nothing.

The Stage Floor Was A Stage Of Thin Ice For Me To Tread. To Hold My Own Or To Sink Through And Die, Never To Be Remembered.

I Fight For Other People Better Than I Fight For Myself.

Don't Depend On Other People To Be Responsible For You. Don't Make Yourself Stressed Out Over Nonsensical Things Like Material Things.

I Take Life For What It Has To Offer Me. I Don't Get Aggravated About [getting Older]. The Wrinkles On My Face Are A Natural Process, So Why Should I Get Angry?