"I heard Yiddish when my father's family came to the house, which was as seldom as my mother could arrange it."

“The year I gave up the 150-catch streak I had an ankle injury and didn't want to go back in because I'd have a better chance of playing the following week.”

“To stay here and disobey God - I can't afford to take the consequence. I would rather go and obey God than to stay here and know that I disobeyed.”

Source : Amanda Smith (2014). “The Colored Evangelist - The Story Of The Lord's Dealings With Mrs. Amanda Smith”, p.270, Jazzybee Verlag

“There, where neither your children nor your spouse shall accompany you, the Name of the Lord shall emancipate you.”

“The working class is my home country, and my future is linked with the proletariat.”

“No one should be required to see America for the first time.”

“Playing to bigger audiences at festivals got me in the mindset of writing music that I would sing to a crowd.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

“I recommend that you should work actively... and study the artistic structures of Rubens, Rembrandt, Titian, Watteau, Poussin, and other painters, even Chardin, where he is an artist. Study very closely their dabbing manner of execution and try to copy a small piece of canvas, just one square inch.”

“How often have I rattled on with God and said nothing at all? Relying on clichés, throwaway phrases, and high language I'd never use in everyday conversation, I took prayer for granted and lost sight of the wondrous opportunity to draw close to God.”