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I first met Billie when I came to New York at 19. I didn’t know what I was going to be. I wanted to be black, so I (36) out in Harlem. And when I was (37) around Harlem, I met Billie. She was a singer. She was then about 15. Cute, nice, (38) little girl. She changed a lot later. But anyway, I liked how she sang. There are very few singers I want to hear. at all. Anyway, I heard her when she was 15, singing the (39) . And I (40) her. I said, "One day I’m going to have a band, and you’re going to sing in it." And she said, "Yeah, that’ll be the day." When I was in Boston around 1935, I came down to New York and I (41) her. She couldn’t believe it. A (42) girl in a white band I said, "Come on, we’re gonna try it." We went down south, and on the way she was afraid. She said, "What am I gonna do" I said, "We’re gonna try it. I’m scared, too." So we played in some little dance hall and some (43) park, and after her first couple of songs, they accepted her immediately. (44) . He didn’t mean it badly. That was his designation for a black woman. (45) . I put my hand on her and said, "Calm down." So that was the end of that. Had to push her out. (46) .