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Du Bois marked a great stage in the history of Negro struggles when he said that Negroes could no longer accept the subordination which Booker T. Washington had preached.
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Even when I interviewed bands, it was about asking them about writing songs, so it was more for me than anybody else.
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Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
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Folk-punk artists like This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb or Paul Baribeau were popular in the Florida punk community. I saw people early on combine roots music with more aggressive music.
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From some things that I have said one may get the idea that some of the slaves did not want freedom. This is not true. I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery.
Up From Slavery (1901) Ch. I: A Slave Among Slaves -
I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high water mark of pure and useful living.
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I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.
Up From Slavery (1901) -
I will not permit any man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
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I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
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I've been making music since I was 14, but for a while, I was afraid to perform.
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I've grown up on gospel and blues music, and now it's a huge part of who I am.
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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
The Story of My Life and Work, vol. I (1900) ch. XV -
In 2012, I started writing songs - not for the world to hear, but for certain people I needed to talk to. My family, we were not big communicators. I had a hard time talking to people in general.
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In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.
Up From Slavery (1901) Ch. XIV: The Atlanta Exposition Address -
Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.
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Music helped me to get out of a rough period in my life when I really struggled to see any future for myself and was terrified about what was happening to the people around me.
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My grandfather learned to swim in the Navy by getting thrown off a boat into the ocean. He had to learn fast. And I think I learn pretty well under pressure.
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My sister is an opera singer. I grew up going to her recitals. This whole time, I'm like, 'She's the singer. I'm just strumming along and yelling.'
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New Orleans style is funky - it's just as experimental as the city. There aren't any rules. If you want to wear a polka-dot shirt and some crazy pants, you can get away with it there.
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No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.
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