Don Independent Quotes 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…

— Gil Scott-Heron

I was one of the first three black students to go to an all-white school in Tennessee.

— Gil Scott-Heron

A good poet feels what his community feels. Like if you stub your toe, the rest of your body hurts.

— 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…

— Gil Scott-Heron

Womenfolk raised me and I was full-grown before I knew I came from a broken home

— Gil Scott-Heron

If you aren't having no fun, die, because you're running a worthless program, far as I'm concerned.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.

— Gil Scott-Heron

You should be able to do anything you can afford as an adult.

— 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…

— 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…

— Gil Scott-Heron