“As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me—Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, and Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was. We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.” — Mary J. Blige ~ Enjoy your weekend, wonderful friend
"You can’t fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the end, that’s got nothing to do with it. It’s how you connect to the songs and to the history behind them.” — Etta James
Evening today was a beautiful day in the 50's., but tonight it drops down to the 20's with snow. and rain for the next 3 days., will this crazy weather evr end., i went for coffee with the ladies, wish i wasn't so lasy and went to the paper store, '
“Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise.” —Maya Angelou ~ Have a sizzling Saturday friend
“Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand.” ― Oprah Winfrey
“I learned from Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, Adelaide Hall, the Nicholas Brothers, the whole thing, the whole schmear. [The Cotton Club] was a great place because it hired us, for one thing, at a time when it was really rough [for Black performers].” — Lena Horne
“The Voting Rights Act was, and still is, vitally important to the future of democracy in the United States.” — Coretta Scott King
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