It's so nice to get flowers ...

It's so nice to get flowers while you can still smell the fragrance.
 Lena Horne

Quotes from the same author

Always be smarter than the people who hire you.
 Lena Horne
I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald.
 Lena Horne
I thought of singing and acting as a living-making. I was able to take care of myself and a few of my friends.
 Lena Horne
I was unique in that I was a kind of black that white people could accept. I was their daydream. I had the worst kind of acceptance because it was never for how great I was or what I contributed. It was because of the way I looked.
 Lena Horne
As much as I try, when I open my mouth, Lena comes out, And I get so mad.
 Lena Horne