Womenfolk raised me, and I was full-grown before I knew I came from a broken home. Gil Scott-Heron Read Quote
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. Gil Scott-Heron Read Quote
I thought that some of my best records was when there wasn’t a lot of work being done on it, like ‘Winter in America’ and ‘Secrets’ and when there weren’t a whole lot of people in the studios. Gil Scott-Heron Read Quote
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. Gil Scott-Heron Read Quote
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. Gil Scott-Heron Read Quote
As for money – when I have it, it’s great. When I don’t, I go get some. I’ve been a dishwasher, a gardener, a cleaner. Gil Scott-Heron Read Quote
Your life has to consist of more than ‘Black people should unite.’ You hope they do, but not twenty-four hours a day. Gil Scott-Heron Read Quote
