Choose language
    Spoofbox Login

    Forgot your password?

    Need a Spoofbox account? Create one for FREE!

    Create a FREE Spoofbox Account

    No subscription or hidden extras

    Login

    Abbey Lincoln

    Read through the most famous quotes from Abbey Lincoln




    I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes. ↗


    — Abbey Lincoln

    #brushes #couch #i #lay #paint

    I loved Billie Holiday more than any other person other than myself on the stage. Yeah, I do. ↗


    — Abbey Lincoln

    #billie #billie holiday #holiday #i #i do

    I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow. ↗


    — Abbey Lincoln

    #i #i think #now #really #substantial

    I was looking for the people who were making the music inside the cabinet. I would look in there and see if I could find somebody who was making all this wonderful music. ↗


    — Abbey Lincoln

    #could #find #for the people #i #if i could

    It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of people too. My first album was with Benny Carter. ↗


    — Abbey Lincoln

    #armstrong #benny #carter #duke #duke ellington






    About Abbey Lincoln

    Abbey Lincoln Quotes


    Related Authors


    Famous Authors



    Did you know about Abbey Lincoln?

    1990: The World Is Falling Down (Verve Records)
    1991: You Gotta Pay the Band (Verve Records) with Stan Getz Hank Jones Charlie Haden Mark Johnson Maxine Roach
    1992: Devil’s Got Your Tongue (Verve Records)
    1992: When There is Love (Verve Records) with Hank Jones
    1993: The Music is the Magic (Recorded live at Sweet Basil Jazz Club New York City; ITM Records) with Rodney Kendrick Michael Bowie Yoron Israel
    1994: A Turtle’s Dream (Verve Records) with Roy Hargrove Kenny Barron Pat Metheny
    1996: Who Used to Dance (Verve Records) with Graham Haynes Steve Coleman Oliver Lake
    1998: Wholly Earth (Verve Records) with Nicholas Payton Bobby Hutcherson
    2000: Over the Years (Verve Records)
    2003: It’s Me (Verve Records)
    2007: Abbey Sings Abbey (Verve Records)
    With Max Roach
    Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (Mercury 1959)
    We Insist! (Candid 1960)
    It's Time (Impulse! 1961). She was mentioned in Maya Angelou's autobiography The Heart of a Woman as a close friend. Johnson Stanley Turrentine Babatunde Olatunji and The Staple Singers among others.

    back to top