With all respect, I'm sure that we have enough preachers in the world. Through my way of writing, I was capable of being able to say these things and yet not make a person feel as though they're being preached… — Curtis Mayfield Copy Share Image
“Could live with you in solitude and need no one else. Give me your love.” — Curtis Mayfield Copy Share Image
I didn't have to leave my neighborhood to be surrounded by the things that 'Super Fly' is about. It was easier than most scripts… — Curtis Mayfield Copy Share Image
To talk about the '60s almost brings tears to my eyes. What we did. What we all did. We changed the world. — Curtis Mayfield Copy Share Image
My art and my creativities were totally something that was of my own heart and mind. I could never let anybody dictate to me… — Curtis Mayfield Copy Share Image
His hustle was wrong, his mind was his own, but the man lived alone, oh, Superfly. — Curtis Mayfield Copy Share Image
I was writing songs from when I was 12. My songs always came from questions that I need answers for. — Curtis Mayfield Copy Share Image
With all respect, I'm sure that we have enough preachers in the world. Through my way of writing, I was capable of being able… — Curtis Mayfield Copy Share Image
I was a very observant child. Almost anything could become a song to me. — Curtis Mayfield Copy Share Image
As a kid, sometimes you have nobody to turn to. I could always go back to some of the sermons and talk to myself… — Curtis Mayfield Copy Share Image
