happy 100th birthday, lena horne // june 30, 1917 – may 9, 2010 // “Don’t be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it’s just death.”
“Lena Horne is such a delicate beauty. When she decided it was show business for her, before she became of age, she had to be accompanied by her mother when she came to work at the Cotton Club. From bandstands…she went on to movies, and always with a dignity that gained respect. When se moved into Broadway plays, she turned down hundreds of lurcrative contracts because she would not play the part of a maid, a whore, or any of the other stereotypes.”
-Duke Ellington
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