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Article: Lena Horne releases new album after more than a decade, but says, "I really do hate to sing." (Cover Story) (Interview)
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- June 20, 1994
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Lena Horne, legendary star of stage and screen whose illustrious career as a songstylist and actress spans more than 50 years, has just released her first album in more than a decade and ironically enough, maintains, "I really do hate to sing."
The venerable Ms. Horne told JET in a recent interview, "I really do hate to sing and I'll tell you why. I don't mind singing, but I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald.
"And as much as I try, when I open my mouth, Lena comes out, And I get so mad," she said with a lilting Southern drawl.
"If I'd been smart I'd been a whore or a schoolteacher, ...