Abbey Lincoln Smithsonian Interview Block 95 (Q11853)

It's a residual of the music because the music is -- you know, we don't have -- we don't work in temples or in a protected environment, like the European classical form or like ballet dancers. There's tradition and precedent that goes before it. Well, this is by hook or by crook. You never know who you're going to meet. It's a spirit and it hangs in the corners in the dark and it loves somebod ...