“But don't we all want to be in the presence of someone who makes us feel larger and better than what we… — Gayl Jones Love Copy Share Image
There are things that a woman sings, and only a woman knows the full meaning. You may sing for men as well… — Gayl Jones Being true Copy Share Image
I don't like that word 'discovery.' ... Sinatra was the first one to call Ray Charles a genius, he spoke of 'the… — Gayl Jones America Copy Share Image
I learned to write by listening to people talk. I still feel that the best of my writing comes from having heard… — Gayl Jones Communication Copy Share Image
“I lay on my back, feeling as if more than the womb had been taken out.” — Gayl Jones Childless Copy Share Image
You change the rhythm of the talk and respoonse and you change the rhythm between the talk and the response. — Gayl Jones Response Copy Share Image
When you tell a story you automatically talk about traditions, but they're never separate from the people, the human implications. You're talking… — Gayl Jones Connections Copy Share Image
“I wanted a song that would touch me, touch my life and theirs. A portuguese song, but not a portuguese. song. A… — Gayl Jones Children Copy Share Image
“She was closed up like a fist. It her very own memory, not theirs, her very own real and terrible and lonely… — Gayl Jones Memory Copy Share Image
My great-grandmama told my grandmama the part she lived through that my grandmama didn't live through and my grandmama told my mama… — Gayl Jones Forget Copy Share Image
“It was as if she had more than learned it off by heart. Though. it was as if their memory, the memory… — Gayl Jones Memory Copy Share Image
A lot of people they don’t know that Africans even named the stars, that different peoples, different so-called native peoples, have their… — Gayl Jones Accurate Copy Share Image
I believe that all literatures can have political uses and misuses. Sometimes politics can enhance, sometimes it can get in the way… — Gayl Jones Believe Copy Share Image
“My great-grandmama told my grandma the part she lived through that my grandma didn't live through and my grandma told my mama… — Gayl Jones Generations Copy Share Image
