What would you be like if you had white hair and had not given up your principles? It might be wise as you deal with coalition efforts to think about the possibilities of going for fifty years. — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
Mothering/nurturing is a vital force and process establishing relationships throughout the universe. — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
In fact when Sweet Honey was ten years old it was too big for me to run, and I knew it, but I ran… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
It makes sense that whatever the topic is, it's more compelling if you can provide the audience with a range of perspectives, and you… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
There is nowhere you can go and only be with people who are like you. Give it up. — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
If, in moving through your life, you find yourself lost, go back to the last place where you knew who you were, and what… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
“Life's challenges aren't suppose to paralyze you, they're suppose to help you discover who you are.” — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
If every moment is sacred, and If you are amazed and in awe most of the time, when you find yourself breathing and not… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
Welcome to prekindergarten! You will not die if you discover that there are more lines out there than just your own. In fact, you'll… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
I organized Sweet Honey In The Rock in 1973. The music was sanity and balance. — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
I just don't think one person has that much to contribute to any subject — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
I started graduate school in 1971, I started working at the Smithsonian in the festival in 1972. I went full-time at the Smithsonian in… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether I knew how to sing all of the songs. — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
Most people come out of their Ph.D. experience trying to prove themselves, trying to get ahead, trying to get published. You're scared everybody else… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
Personally I discovered that you could go through the academy as a young scholar, come out, and almost immediately have an impact on the… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
