Marian Anderson (1902-1993)
American contralto, primarily a recording and concert artist. Her most famous performance was at the Lincoln Memorial Easter Sunday 1939 for a crowd of 75,000.
"A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have been given something in a moment of grace, it is sacrilegious to be greedy."
"Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman."
"I forgave the DAR many years ago. You lose a lot of time hating people."
"When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black. I don't want them to see that my face is white. I want them to see my soul. And that is colorless."