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“Who controls the past now controls the future Who controls the present now controls the past Who controls the past now controls the future Who controls the present now?”
Source : "Song: Testify (Album:The Battle of Los Angeles)". 2000.
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“A poet should leave traces of his passage, not proofs. Traces alone engender dreams.”
Source : "The French-American Review" by Texas Christian University, p. 132, 1976.
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“When I write love songs, people think they're really soppy - but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life.”
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“If you're stuck in a rut doing the same thing over and over again, what are you actually, really achieving? I'm someone who strives for success, for self-growth and new experiences, and to make a record that pushes me out of my comfort zone is something that's really exciting. It means you're making new decisions, you're making bold decisions, you're being scared, and you're getting through that - hopefully making something you're proud of, or being in a better position that makes you feel stronger as a human being.”
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“Harmony is the inlet of God into the mind, so that the mind acts in obedience to a law above mind - and that law is unity.”
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“I was born a slave-was the child of slave parents-therefore I came upon the earth free in God-like thought, but fettered in action.”
Source : Elizabeth Keckley (2016). “Slave Narrative Six Pack 2”, p.280, Enhanced Media Publishing
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“Private businesses ought to get to discriminate.”
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“even when we say nothing our clothes are talking noisily to everyone who sees us, telling them who we are, where we come from, what we like to do in bed and a dozen other intimate things ...”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.