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Sirens and the general noise of Brooklyn streets were a comfort for me. It’s such a metaphor for life because the noise, if it’s all you’re used to, becomes home and the quiet can feel otherworldly and take time to adjust to.
“When I sing it, it affects me so much I get sick. It takes all the strength out of me.”
― Lady Sings the Blues
― Lady Sings the Blues
“Sirens and the general noise of Brooklyn streets were a comfort for me. It’s such a metaphor for life because the noise, if it’s all you’re used to, becomes home and the quiet can feel otherworldly and take time to adjust to.”
― The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life – Radical Wellness Practices to Protect Your Energy and Find Balance
― The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life – Radical Wellness Practices to Protect Your Energy and Find Balance
“The lesson that emerged from this tender moment was that I could either make peace with the reality of my circumstances or continue putting myself in situations where I expect different results, yet know that I won’t get them.”
― How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free
― How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free
“It still depresses me every time I sing it, though. It reminds me of how Pop died. But I have to keep singing it, not only because people ask for it but because twenty years after Pop died the things that killed him are still happening in the South.”
― Lady Sings the Blues
― Lady Sings the Blues
“It wasn’t long before I was one of the highest-paid slaves around. I was making a thousand a week—but I had about as much freedom as a field hand in Virginia a hundred years before.”
― Lady Sings the Blues
― Lady Sings the Blues
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