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Colour is not the issue in America; class is.

If someone comes to you and asks for help, and you can help them, you're supposed to help them. Why wouldn't you? You have been put in the position somehow to be able to help this person.

From Gil Scott-Heron

You have to learn and keep learning.

From Gil Scott-Heron

Schedule? I have no schedule. There is no hurry. I work when I want to.

From Gil Scott-Heron

Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am.

From Gil Scott-Heron

The revolution that takes place in your head, nobody will ever see that.

From Gil Scott-Heron

Everything that's bad for you catches on too quickly in America, because that's the easiest thing to get people to invest in, the pursuits that are easy and destructive, the ones that bring out the least positive aspects of people.

From Gil Scott-Heron

I was born in Chicago, but I was raised in a town called Jackson, Tennessee. And a lot of these changes that were necessary and talked about it as important have been made, like, people go to school where they want to go. They work for equal pay, they work for - they can go school and have an equal shot at a job.

From Gil Scott-Heron

I cannot afford to watch Fox News.

From Gil Scott-Heron

I am honestly not sure how capable I am of love. And I'm not sure why.

From Gil Scott-Heron

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