So, they offered me this job at the Moulin Rouge. It was a brand-new show called Salse Paree, and the producer, Bob Lilly, said, "Well, if you do this show, if we pick you, you'll be a star after this." It wasn't the last time I heard that. But they wanted to change my name to a French name. I already had a French name and I did not know that my name was French and they didn't know my name was French, but it's true about this country. All of us are to some extent alienated from our ancestors. We don't know. They gave me Gaby which is German, and I already had a French name and kept Wooldridge, which is English. So, I used that name for a year. I worked at the Moulin Rouge, and a couple of times I was introduced as Gabby Hayes. Remember Gabby Hayes? So, by the time I met Bob Russell, I knew I needed another name, and we used to go and he would take me to lunch and we'd talk and talk. He was brilliant, and he told me that the Jews had created the world. He said yes, Freud, Einstein, Jesus, they're all Jews, and he was proud of his people, and I was, too. I mean, it was -- I didn't -- it didn't hurt him to know that I cared for my ancestors, the same way he cared for his. So, I was having an act prepared that he had managed with Nick Castle who was a great choreographer at that time in Hollywood, and he came to one of the rehearsals and he said to me, "I've got a name for you." He said, "It's Abbey Lincoln. Abby is spelled like Westminster Abby and it's Lincoln, like Abraham Lincoln. Since Abraham Lincoln didn't free the slaves, maybe you can handle it," and I giggled. I wonder sometimes, though, what might have happened to me if I'd taken another name. It's not all that funny because I did become over the years socially conscious and I feel responsible for my life. So, Abbey Lincoln has been a good name for me.