Looking back at the age of 80, Ms. Horne said: “My identity is very clear to me now. I am a black woman. I’m free. I no longer have to be a ‘credit.’ I don’t have to be a symbol to anybody; I don’t have to be a first to anybody. I don’t have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I’d become. I’m me, and I’m like nobody else.”
There was only one Lena Horne.
What a beautiful quote. I was so shocked to hear the news of her passing today. But she lived a long life and more importantly, a full and meaningful one.
Posted by: Anali | Monday, May 10, 2010 at 08:45 PM