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> [You should be able to do anything you can afford as an adult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/you-should-be-able-to-do-anything-you-can-afford-as-an-adult/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

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## More by Gil Scott-Heron

> [Oftentimes, the way it seems to be is that our artists in particular point themselves out as spokesmen for a certain constituency in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/oftentimes-the-way-it-seems-to-be-is-that-our-artists-in-particular/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [I was one of the first three black students to go to an all-white school in Tennessee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/i-was-one-of-the-first-three-black-students-to-go-to-an-all-white/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [A good poet feels what his community feels. Like if you stub your toe, the rest of your body hurts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/a-good-poet-feels-what-his-community-feels-like-if-you-stub-your-toe/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [I find it not just strange but almost ridiculous that people could take a song like the one I was doing and interpret it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/i-find-it-not-just-strange-but-almost-ridiculous-that-people-could/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [Womenfolk raised me and I was full-grown before I knew I came from a broken home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/womenfolk-raised-me-and-i-was-full-grown-before-i-knew-i-came-from-a/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [If you aren't having no fun, die, because you're running a worthless program, far as I'm concerned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/if-you-aren-t-having-no-fun-die-because-you-re-running-a-worthless/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [I have a novel that I can write. It's about three soldiers from Somalia. Some babies have been disappearing up on 144th Street, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/i-have-a-novel-that-i-can-write-it-s-about-three-soldiers-from/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [ I work hard at it \[delivery of lyrics\], just like I worked hard at getting my masters degree. It's not just something I sit… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/i-work-hard-at-it-delivery-of-lyrics-just-like-i-worked-hard-at/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [Your life has to consist of more than 'Black people should unite.' You hope they do, but not twenty-four hours a day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/your-life-has-to-consist-of-more-than-black-people-should-unite-you/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [You should be able to do anything you can afford as an adult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/you-should-be-able-to-do-anything-you-can-afford-as-an-adult/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [You know what has made me the happiest I've ever been? Seeing my son and daughter graduate from college. More than wanting them to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/you-know-what-has-made-me-the-happiest-i-ve-ever-been-seeing-my-son/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [I've always had questions about what it meant to be a protester, to be in the minority. Are the people who are trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/i-ve-always-had-questions-about-what-it-meant-to-be-a-protester-to-be/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [I was a piano player before I was a poet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/i-was-a-piano-player-before-i-was-a-poet/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [I cannot afford to watch Fox News.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/i-cannot-afford-to-watch-fox-news/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [I think a whole lot of stuff gets by people - I could name half a dozen groups that do songs that are openly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/i-think-a-whole-lot-of-stuff-gets-by-people-i-could-name-half-a-dozen/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

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