Black star Quote by Jonathan Safran Foer

“His raspy voice cut through the blackness, darker than the blackness. 'Mine.”

— Laura Oliva

“I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don’t want to know. Some things…

— Shawshank Redemption

“I heard in my own voice the tulmult of a young man playig a role, uneasily, repackaging black R&B music from America, relying on…

— Pete Townshend

“The language sticks to them like cat hair to black trousers, and they do things correctly without knowing why.”

— Kitty Burns Florey

“It was not a musical voice, and yet it affected him like music.”

— Ann Patchett

A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.

— Charley Pride

“Language is a smokescreen. A psycho in black velvet optioning mischief”

— Ian Sinclair

“They really thought what other people sing in songs.”

— Boris Pasternak

“When she was done whispering in the mike and being cute as hell, they'd sing a song half in English and half in French…

— J.D. Salinger

“He starts to hum, a haunting melody. No words ride the music, only the familiar notes of a forgotten song.”

— A.G. Howard

“Although this man spoke pure fluent ghetto, she liked his spirit. She could tell he was attracted to her, and that he was being…

— Brandi L. Bates

“She ran off singing One Direction like a screaming baby, 'n' I was like: 'OMG, REALLY?”

— Lauren Johnson