Margo Jefferson Quotes

I'm a chronicler of Negroland, a participant-observer, an elegist, dissenter, and admirer; sometime expatriate, ongoing interlocutor.

Margo Jefferson

Margo Jefferson

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The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.

A. R. Rahman
- Music
- Lead
- Him
With songs I almost see the images, see the action, and then all I have to do is describe it. It's almost like watching a scene from a film, and that's what I go about trying to catch in a song.

P. J. Harvey
- Trying
- Song
- Action
Exceed your customer's expectations. If you do, they'll come back over and over. Give them what they want - and a little more.

Sam Walton
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

Abraham Lincoln
- History
- Light
- Honor
I think people overplay the 'Saturday Night Live' schedule. I mean, yeah, it can be some late hours. But the late hours are usually only one or two nights out of the week. You might have a crazy six-day week, but you'll work three weeks, and then you get a week off work. I'd take most jobs if it was hard work and then I got a week off.

Hannibal Buress
- People
- Work
- Live
I am a Republican because the United States is a republic, and the views we hold represent the foundation our country was built on so many years ago.

Maidie Norman