Billie Holiday — "When you're poor and black, you're born into a world that turns your heart into …"

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.
Billie Holiday — Billie Holiday Modern · Jazz vocalist

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

Date: Late 1950s (close to her death)

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