Remember, this was a world that was still ethnically separated. I was thirteen and ignorant of the social situation in America, but I felt these records were better than what my own culture was turning out.
“Actually what I'd like is to have a reputation as someone who's been wild and gone straight, but without having to go through the trouble of being bad.”
“My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother.”