Band isn't something you do as a hobby, but merely a way of life. What you do in the band dictates the kind of person you are, or what type of person you will become. |
Bush promoted a conservative program, designed to eliminate everything Americans had accomplished so far in matters of race and equality. |
I had a chance to meet members of the Count Basie Jazz Band when they came to Southwest to give a jazz clinic. |
I read Fanon when I was 20, and his writings moved me, ... It's very important for me to be involved in consciousness-raising. |
I read Fanon when I was 20, and his writings moved me. It's very important for me to be involved in consciousness-raising. |
If I judge a character, I'm defeating the purpose. |
It has both social, political and historical dynamics to it. That story is not singularly an African American story, it has universality to it. |
It's one of the classic works of this period. The novel itself stands up on its own, and as a result of that, you're going to have a great deal of material as an offspring. |
One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been this country. |
Playing opposite her was just a dance in sharing -- a beautiful dance in sharing, ... We were like singing a song to each other. |
She alone has stood up for issues that are important to this country and important to the world. We're not here to judge the merits of the case; we're here to support our sister. |
The breaking point was to stand outside on 116th Street and have five cabs pass me up. |
The death penalty is inhumane... whether that person is in a jail or it's bin Laden. |
The points leader (Ferris) had nothing for me. Once I got outside, I was gone. |
They were enormous for me, you can't imagine how enormous, ... Those are the people that kind of pulled me through. |