Top 19 Quotes by Lena Horne

Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death.

I remember the day tDr. King died. I wasn't angry at the beginning. It was like something very personal in my life had been touched and finished.

I made a promise to myself to be kinder to other people.

My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman.

I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald.

After I got over the terrible pain of having something of mine taken from me, I began to think how bad everybody else must be feeling. It wasn't a nice time.

Every color I can think of and nationality, we were all touched by Dr. King because he made us like each other and respect each other.

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

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way.