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Song Quotes by Gil Scott-Heron

9 Song quotes by Gil Scott-Heron

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When you think about why music moves us, Gil Scott-Heron’s take on song offers a compact yet potent glimpse. With just nine entries, this set captures his sharp, often poetic observations about rhythm, melody, and the stories they carry. It’s a concise spot to see how his voice frames the very act of singing as something larger than sound.

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Well, I grew up on the blues, man!

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My songs were always about the tone of voice rather than the words.

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I was a piano player before I was a poet.

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Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes…

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I learnt early on that your audience take the songs in the way they want to rather than the way you might…

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I find it not just strange but almost ridiculous that people could take a song like the one I was doing and…

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I work hard at it [delivery of lyrics], just like I worked hard at getting my masters degree. It's not just something…

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I thought that some of my best records was when there wasn't a lot of work being done on it, like 'Winter…

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I think a whole lot of stuff gets by people - I could name half a dozen groups that do songs that…

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Oftentimes, the way it seems to be is that our artists in particular point themselves out as spokesmen for a certain constituency in a…

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

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

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I find it not just strange but almost ridiculous that people could take a song like the one I was doing and interpret it…

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

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

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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…

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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…

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Your life has to consist of more than 'Black people should unite.' You hope they do, but not twenty-four hours a day.

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

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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…

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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…

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I was a piano player before I was a poet.

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I cannot afford to watch Fox News.

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I think a whole lot of stuff gets by people - I could name half a dozen groups that do songs that are openly…

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