When you're poor and black, you're born into a world that turns your heart into a tin can and anyone who is in the mood swings out and kicks you. You're only a hunk, a black creature in a white world that thinks you're just a skin without a soul.

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From 'Billie Holiday: The Last Interview And Other Conversations', reflecting on her life

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Late 1950s (close to her death)

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https://therecoup.com/2019/08/19/billie-holiday-the-last-interview-and-other-con…

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