"At the same time all this was happening, there was a folk song revival movement goingon, so the commercial music industry was actually changed by the Civil Rights Movement."

-- Bernice Johnson Reagon

#Song Quotes #Rights Quotes #Movement Quotes

“This is going to sound crazy, but I can hear music in my head. I can imagine a piano or a guitar playing, and I can sort of think out...”

Source : Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. June 28, 2007.
“My first time I jacked off, I thought I'd invented it. I looked down at my sloppy handful of junk and thought, This is going to make me rich.”
“Write as often as possible, not with the idea at once of getting into print, but as if you were learning an instrument.”
“My first murder was thrilling because I had embarked on the career I had chosen for myself, the career of murder.”
“If you think about yourself then you've lost sight of the ball.”
“To communicate with each other, we got to get mad at each other sometimes.”
“I guess I'm a Holy Spirit maniac. I'm not a religious maniac. I love religion, but I don't like it.”
“Success is living up to your potential. That's all. Wake up with a smile and go after life... Live it, enjoy it, taste it, smell it, feel it.”

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