Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen, and I was three.


Lady Sings the Blues (1956, with William Duffy) ch. 1, opening words


Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen, and I was three.

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen, and I was three.

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen, and I was three.

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen, and I was three.