“After me there are no more jazz singers . . . It's a crime that no little singer is back there sockin' it to me in my field. To keep it going, to keep it alive, because I'm not going to live forever.” LittlesForeverAliveCrimeFieldsJazzSingersLive Forever Author:Betty Carter
“If it wasn't for hustlers, gangsters & gamblers there'd be no Jazz. Wasn't middle~class who said Let's go hear Bird tonight.” IfsSaidMusicBirdJazzMiddle ClassTonightGangsters Author:Betty Carter
“You can do anything you want to do, if you know what to do.” IfsKnowsWantCan DoSongwritingCowardlyMacgyver Author:Betty Carter
“If you're sitting in that audience ready to fight me from the very beginning, I'm going to have a hard time getting to you. But if you've got a heart at all, I'm going to get it.” IfsHeartHardFightingAudienceReadySittingHard Times Author:Betty Carter
“This is our culture, and I don't care who the musician is, if he avoids black people, then he is scared of something. He doesn't have confidence in himself or else he doesn't believe in what he's doing.” PeopleIfsBelieveCareCultureBlackMusicianScaredDon't CareI Don't CareBlack PeopleHave Confidence Author:Betty Carter
