“I used to want the words 'She tried' on my tombstone. Now I want 'She ...” — Katherine Dunham Quote

I used to want the words 'She tried' on my tombstone. Now I want 'She did it.'

We have a group of friends of the museum who try to raise, if they can, periodically something to help us. Of course, the main thing about a building like this is its upkeep. It needs central heating and it needs central air conditioning.

For the kind of thing that we were showing, the budget was sufficient. As we were speaking of in Haiti, we had not done that before in exactly this form and we had to have costumes for it.

Haiti itself was also photographed, some of the streets, some of the mountains, rivers, streams, etc. were photographed before talking with me about how I felt about Haiti. Then the camera went to our voodoo temple and saw a serious ceremony, a real ceremony.

I did a salad, but I didn't do a garden.

I'm proud of my work and how far I've come, and I'm proud of the way that I did it.

It's been over 15 years since I toured... over 12 years since I did any recording under my own name. I never really intended to take that long of a hiatus.

The music is within your heart, your soul, your spirit, and this is all I did when I sat at piano. I just go within.

Since I didn't know anything, I did everything I wanted.