“America want nostalgia. They want to go back as far as they can, even if it turns out to be only last week. Not to face now or the future, but to face backwards.” — Gil Scott-Heron Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I was one of the first three black students to go to an all-white school in Tennessee. — Gil Scott-Heron Copy Share Image
A good poet feels what his community feels. Like if you stub your toe, the rest of your body hurts. — Gil Scott-Heron Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Womenfolk raised me and I was full-grown before I knew I came from a broken home — Gil Scott-Heron Copy Share Image
If you aren't having no fun, die, because you're running a worthless program, far as I'm concerned. — Gil Scott-Heron Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think a whole lot of stuff gets by people - I could name half a dozen groups that do songs that are openly… — Gil Scott-Heron Copy Share Image
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