"I feel like, in many ways, Billie Holiday's still very under-appreciated as an artist. People focus on her voice, and all of the very recognizable vocal things that she does, which are great. But I wanted to, with this project, start the conversation again about her as a radical feminist, as a civil rights activist - taking a stance. And also just [her] being a non-conformist."

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Source : Source: revive-music.com

Jose James

#Holiday Quotes #Artist Quotes #Rights Quotes

“We dreamed of doing but could not bring ourselves to do.”

Source : Etheridge Knight (1986). “The Essential Etheridge Knight”, p.14, University of Pittsburgh Press
“A break in the established order is never the work of chance. It is the outcome of a man's resolve to turn life to account.”
“Nothing is more intimidating than an idiotic grin worn by a manifest non-idiot.”
“Give me someone I can look up to, show me someone I can love.”
“Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spitting the epitome of stupidity.”
“Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me!”
“The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery. The greatest quality is seeking to serve others. The greatest precept is continual awareness. The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything. The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways. The greatest magic is transmuting the passions. The greatest generosity is non-attachment. The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind. The greatest patience is humility. The greatest effort is not concerned with results. The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go. The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.”

Source : "Perspectives on Mankind's Search for Meaning". Book by Walter Taminang, p. 63, 2008.
“Once baptized, we then receive the Holy Ghost, a special gift from God, which is priceless beyond expression. The Holy Ghost bears witness of the Father and the Son and guides us to all truth and comforts us and gives us peace for the rest of our lives.”

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