• I'm not alone, I'm free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody; I don't have to be a first to anybody.

    Lena Horne: I'm not alone, I'm free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody; I don't have to be a first to anybody.
    "Lena Horne obituary" by John Fordham, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2010.