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Black Quotes

I was trying to establish an identity in music, and black and white had nothing to do with it Picture Quote #1

There was a certain feeling I developed as a young person for black people. Somehow they were able to get pleasure out of things that I couldn’t see them enjoying. I heard them sing a lot, and I didn’t hear white folks going down the cotton rows singing that much Picture Quote #1

It’s better to be black than gay because when you’re black you don’t have to tell your mother Picture Quote #1

See, I don’t watch reality television anymore. I watched a little bit of it for awhile, but I found it turned my soul into a black sludge, and I just did not find it healthy or good for me at all, because I would watch it and be disgusted, disgusted Picture Quote #1

I know not what record of sin awaits me in the other world, but this I know, that I was never mean enough to despise any man because he was black Picture Quote #1

I wanted to do the whole album in black and white, and it really killed me that when you see it in the light it’s got green in it. I don’t know what the hell that was about Picture Quote #1

I used to walk around saying that I’m just another black man without a college degree Picture Quote #1

I’ve had two unlucky injuries that are the equivalent of walking under 1,000 ladders and seeing 1,000 black cats Picture Quote #1

And I might add the confidence with which distracted persons do oftentimes, when they are awake, think, they see black fiends in places, where there is no black object in sight without them Picture Quote #1

My son don’t have to say it loud, I’m black and I’m proud. He don’t have to be called those crazy names Picture Quote #1

I talked to members of my family, and did some personal research that didn’t really have anything to do with the time and place I was writing about, but that gave me a feeling of the experience of being black in a time and place where it was very difficult to be black Picture Quote #1

Now we maintain that we cannot be afford to be concerned about 6 percent of the children in this country, black children, who you allow to come into white schools. We have 94 percent who still live in shacks. We are going to be concerned about those 94 percent Picture Quote #1

There are no black conservatives. Oh, there are neoconservatives with black skin, but they lack any claim to blackness other than the biological. They have forgotten their roots Picture Quote #1

Bits and pieces flung into the universe, sticking in the sky like cotton balls on a jet black velcro surface Picture Quote #1

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black Picture Quote #1

It may be for 20 or 30 years no one has yet been able to decide the length of the life of the black bass Picture Quote #1

The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from red people Picture Quote #1

In 1965, gibson made the red one I use now, and a black one, which was the first black 335 they ever made Picture Quote #1

That’s because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to Picture Quote #1

Designing bridal is perfect for me, because black is my least favorite color, if you could call it a color Picture Quote #1

Quite frankly, I’ve always listened to the black side of the radio dial. Where I grew up, there was a lot of it and there was a lot of live music around Picture Quote #1

Whatever it takes to get the image to reach that level is what that photographer needs to do. And for me, I just have such a love of the tactile and sensuous quality of a black and white silver gelatin print Picture Quote #1

Black music has become a commercial commodity. Live performances are not so accessible as they were previously. It use to be possible to go to the bar on the corner and hear music. It was available for a fifteen cent beer Picture Quote #1

It didn’t matter as much because I’m a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I’m part black Picture Quote #1

I’ll give you an example. Henry, the old black guy who cooks the corn bread, he worked on the railroads for about 20 years so he knows how to lay and build track Picture Quote #1

Because, if I’m honest, people in the white world might be appalled, but in the black world, they’re making myths out of me. and I know that ain’t the life Picture Quote #1

What I really resent most about people sticking labels on you is that it cuts off all the other elements of what you are because it can only deal with black and white; the cartoon Picture Quote #1

Black patients were treated much later in their disease process. They were often not given the same kind of pain management that white patients would have gotten and they died more often of diseases Picture Quote #1

Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn’t afford to be Picture Quote #1

Like I went out to a predominantly black club last night and nobody said anything and I was wishing somebody would so that someone would dance with me Picture Quote #1

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I was trying to establish an identity in music, and black and white had nothing to do with it (Black Quotes) There was a certain feeling I developed as a young person for black people. Somehow they were able to get pleasure out of things that I couldn’t see them enjoying. I heard them sing a lot, and I didn’t hear white folks going down the cotton rows singing that much (Black Quotes) It’s better to be black than gay because when you’re black you don’t have to tell your mother (Black Quotes) See, I don’t watch reality television anymore. I watched a little bit of it for awhile, but I found it turned my soul into a black sludge, and I just did not find it healthy or good for me at all, because I would watch it and be disgusted, disgusted (Black Quotes) I know not what record of sin awaits me in the other world, but this I know, that I was never mean enough to despise any man because he was black (Black Quotes) I wanted to do the whole album in black and white, and it really killed me that when you see it in the light it’s got green in it. I don’t know what the hell that was about (Black Quotes) I used to walk around saying that I’m just another black man without a college degree (Black Quotes) I’ve had two unlucky injuries that are the equivalent of walking under 1,000 ladders and seeing 1,000 black cats (Black Quotes) And I might add the confidence with which distracted persons do oftentimes, when they are awake, think, they see black fiends in places, where there is no black object in sight without them (Black Quotes) My son don’t have to say it loud, I’m black and I’m proud. He don’t have to be called those crazy names (Black Quotes) I talked to members of my family, and did some personal research that didn’t really have anything to do with the time and place I was writing about, but that gave me a feeling of the experience of being black in a time and place where it was very difficult to be black (Black Quotes) Now we maintain that we cannot be afford to be concerned about 6 percent of the children in this country, black children, who you allow to come into white schools. We have 94 percent who still live in shacks. We are going to be concerned about those 94 percent (Black Quotes) There are no black conservatives. Oh, there are neoconservatives with black skin, but they lack any claim to blackness other than the biological. They have forgotten their roots (Black Quotes) Bits and pieces flung into the universe, sticking in the sky like cotton balls on a jet black velcro surface (Black Quotes) Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black (Black Quotes) It may be for 20 or 30 years no one has yet been able to decide the length of the life of the black bass (Black Quotes) The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from red people (Black Quotes) In 1965, gibson made the red one I use now, and a black one, which was the first black 335 they ever made (Black Quotes) That’s because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to (Black Quotes) Designing bridal is perfect for me, because black is my least favorite color, if you could call it a color (Black Quotes) Quite frankly, I’ve always listened to the black side of the radio dial. Where I grew up, there was a lot of it and there was a lot of live music around (Black Quotes) Whatever it takes to get the image to reach that level is what that photographer needs to do. And for me, I just have such a love of the tactile and sensuous quality of a black and white silver gelatin print (Black Quotes) Black music has become a commercial commodity. Live performances are not so accessible as they were previously. It use to be possible to go to the bar on the corner and hear music. It was available for a fifteen cent beer (Black Quotes) It didn’t matter as much because I’m a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I’m part black (Black Quotes) I’ll give you an example. Henry, the old black guy who cooks the corn bread, he worked on the railroads for about 20 years so he knows how to lay and build track (Black Quotes) Because, if I’m honest, people in the white world might be appalled, but in the black world, they’re making myths out of me. and I know that ain’t the life (Black Quotes) What I really resent most about people sticking labels on you is that it cuts off all the other elements of what you are because it can only deal with black and white; the cartoon (Black Quotes) Black patients were treated much later in their disease process. They were often not given the same kind of pain management that white patients would have gotten and they died more often of diseases (Black Quotes) Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn’t afford to be (Black Quotes) Like I went out to a predominantly black club last night and nobody said anything and I was wishing somebody would so that someone would dance with me (Black Quotes)

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