"Women have to do twice the work of male rock singers such as The Rolling Stones. We have to sing, play instruments and get accustomed to walking out on stage in high heels. Never mind the pressures of your image. If something goes wrong on my stage in any way, from sound to style, nobody can blame a band member. It's Roberta Flack who gets the rap and looks bad! I'm the one on the bill alone, with no gang of boys or crew behind me."

(Roberta Flack, nome completo Roberta Cleopatra Flack, cantante e pianista; Black Mountain, 10 febbraio 1937 – New York, 24 febbraio 2025)