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The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough.

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Sometimes I sound like gravel, and sometimes I sound like coffee and cream.

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Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking.

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It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live.

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At this crucial time in our lives, when everything is so desperate, when every day is a matter of survival, I don't think you can help but be involved.

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When I'm on that stage, I assume honor. I assume compensation, and I should.

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Did you know that the human voice is the only pure instrument? That it has notes no other instrument has? It's like being between the keys of a piano. The notes are there, you can sing them, but they can't be found on any instrument. That's like me. I live in between this. I live in both worlds, the black and white world.

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I'll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. I mean really, no fear!

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You feel the shame, humiliation, and anger at being just another victim of prejudice, and at the same time, there's the nagging worry that maybe... you're just no good.

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There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: February 21st, 1933

Died: April 21st, 2003

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