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"I wasn't born Austrian; I wasn't born German. My roots are from Africa, and I do not have any reason..." — Jessye Norman

I wasn't born Austrian; I wasn't born German. My roots are from Africa, and I do not have any reason for not wanting to celebrate that. Every time that I can, I like to kind of mention it, you know, just to keep people sort of knowing exactly what's going on. My French is pretty good, but I'm still African, thank you very much.
Jessye Norman
Jessye Norman Musician • American
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