Betty Carter
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"Betty Carter" was an American jazz singer known for her Musical improvisation/improvisational technique, scatting and other complex musical abilities that demonstrated her vocal talent and imaginative interpretation of lyrics and melodies. The vocalist Carmen McRae once remarked, "There's really only one jazz singer – only one: Betty Carter."

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This is our culture, and I don't care who the musician is, if he avoids black people, then he is scared of something. He doesn't have confidence in himself or else he doesn't believe in what he's doing.

I'm thinking, 'Hey, where I live, you can marry your brother,' ... I'm in the heart of Texas - we think 'The Three Little Pigs' is edgy here.

You can do anything you want to do, if you know what to do.