When you discover injustice, you don't just close your mind to it. It was born in me to do something about it. I am lucky to have had the gift for expressing myself.
[on having to leave America to further her career] My regret was I wasn't here to be a part of Martin Luther King. I could not break through, so I had to leave. Unfortunately I wasn't here at the moment. I had my success, it just wasn't here.