Someone can do anything they want to you on the outside, but whatever they do to me they cannot destroy what's on my inside. Mentally that cannot be taken away from me, no matter what someone does. — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
When you read enough stories about people who have been through different levels of trauma, and it doesn't matter what the history is, trauma is trauma, there's always this freeing of the spirit. — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
It's nice that people can call me an artist and it's nice that I can refer to myself as such, but it also kind… — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
Leading a band is fun, but it's not always something I want to continually focus on. I have my toes in a lot of… — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
Someone can do anything they want to you on the outside, but whatever they do to me they cannot destroy what's on my inside.… — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
The saxophone was created to mimic the human voice and I think that's why I gravitated toward the saxophone eventually. I'd loved the clarinet,… — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
I love making people sing. I love group singing, sacred harp singing, choral singing, recordings of people singing sea shanties, work songs, prison songs… — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
I love working with my hands. The computer has taken over my life in a way that makes me really uncomfortable. I'm trying to… — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
New York is beautiful, but [the South] makes it look like a wasteland. — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
Listening to the birds tells you different things about a place. I heard bird sounds I'd never heard before. I heard street sounds and… — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
I have a really big interest in the spirit world: spooks and the things we can't necessarily see but feel. — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
It's important to interrogate history, it's important to document history, because as a society we need constant reminders of the things that we've done… — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
When you read enough stories about people who have been through different levels of trauma, and it doesn't matter what the history is, trauma… — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
I'm a history geek and I love American history. It's so bizarre and so problematic and I love the many conundrums that it represents.… — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
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