It’s just not funny to disrespect other people’s beliefs, backgrounds, cultures, or identities when those are deeply rooted in longstanding oppression. Jokes that punch down on marginalized people require no creativity because they’ve existed since the beginning of time. It’s like telling a knock-knock joke and believing you’re Richard Pryor. Franchesca Ramsey Read Quote
It’s not hard to write poorly. But to write something good, it has to be revised. Joyce Carol Oates Read Quote
I do like burgers, I do eat chicken – and I’m not proud of it, but I pick my nose. We all do. Ad-Rock Read Quote
I always try and be as positive as I can and give people the benefit of the doubt because, in my own experience – seeing myself fall so hard so many times in my life and do so many things where I lost my way so many times – and then people didn’t give up on me, like my husband and my family. Beth Hart Read Quote
I’m usually going to make a record, finish a record, start a record or start a tour or between tours. Phil Collins Read Quote
The system in which I came up in was that every territory had to have a black, a white… if you went to Texas you had to have somebody that was a cowboy or one that was from Mexico. There wasn’t that many Afro Americans in the business at the time so I moved around a lot. But every time I moved around, I made money. Rocky Johnson Read Quote
I’m a black woman and I’m so happy to represent myself in that respect, but I don’t want it to be something that defines me and my journey for love. I definitely don’t mind talking about it and addressing it. Rachel Lindsay Read Quote
What I love about Stevie Wonder is the way he makes people feel. He’s one of the best examples of how music can heal. India Arie Read Quote
I’m proud to be able to represent Bellevue and the Offutt and StratCom communities. Jeff Fortenberry Read Quote
