54 Quotes by Lena Horne

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

Young people today would get a great deal of encouragement from knowing how close we could be if we had a man like Dr. King around.

Count Basie isn't just a man, or even just a band. He's a way of life.

I really do hate to sing.

In my early days I was a sepia Hedy Lamarr. Now I'm black and a woman, singing my own way.

I had my schooling right there in the Cotton Club.

Nobody black or white who really believes in democracy can stand aside now; everybody's got to stand up and be counted.

It's ill-becoming for an old broad to sing about how bad she wants it. But occasionally we do.

music became my refuge and then my salvation.