Eunice Kathleen Waymon Quotes
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Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.
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Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I'm singing her music or not.
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My singing, if you want to call it that is merely another medium of expression. Just an instrument I play. That's how I see my voice.
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To be young, gifted and black!
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This is the world you have made yourself, now you have to live in it.
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I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life. I have a chance to live, as I've dreamed.
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What is love but a prelude to sorrow...with heartache ahead for your goal.
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I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don't think the black people are going to rise at all; I think most of them are going to die.
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Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you.
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I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music.
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I believe in racial memory too. I'm sure I've got ancient African blood in me that has something to do with what I am.
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Music is a gift and a burden I've had since I can remember who I was.
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I feel what they feel. And people who listen to me know that, and it makes them feel like they're not alone.
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This may be a dream, but I'll say it anyway: I was supposed to be married last year, and I bought a gown. When I meet Nelson Mandela, I shall put on this gown and have the train of it removed and put aside, and kiss the ground that he walks on and then kiss his feet.
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I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.
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It doesn't matter to me what is going on today because my music encompasses every kind of mood that exists in human beings. That's my stick.
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Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.
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I would like a man now who is rich, and who can give me a boat - a sailboat. I want to own it and let him pay for it. My first love is the sea and water, not music. Music is second.
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It's time to take a look at my failures and stop calling them successes. Now I can start working at something that can use me best.
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I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.
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It's a good time for black people to be alive.
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It's logical that people from bad times will reflect their feelings in their communication. Music is part of the communication. If you lived it, you can do it.
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I'm just human, I have faults like anyone.
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How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?