Turner Classic Movies announced that it will honor actress Cicely Tyson with a hand and footprint ceremony during its festival next month. “For decades, Tyson has been at the forefront of a shift away from clichéd, stereotypical characters of color to multidimensional, strong back women.
Music does not have a color. Great music is great music.
I don’t have to prove anything. I’m not going out to be in the Top 40 anymore. There was a time when that was very enjoyable. But it’s a kind of relief when you can wear your own overcoat and not have to wear anyone else’s.
I’ve really been looking at the role women have in our society and we, for some reason, attack women for being prepared and ambitious. You hear that being said about actresses or musicians or people who really work hard at their profession that are women, but you don’t say that about men.
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