14 Music Quotes for Black History Month
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- Author Noel Jameson
- Published February 21, 2007
- Word count 451
Music plays a big part in the history of America and in the history of African Americans. Music is a way of self-expression and enlightenment for millions of listener's every day.
To celebrate Black History Month, we have compiled a list of some of the most famous and inspirational music quotes from famous artist of our past and present.
Let's take a look at some of the most insightful and powerful words spoken by prominent African American musicians and singers:
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"The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you." - B.B. King
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"Strivers achieve what dreamers believe." - Usher
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"The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty." - Stevie Wonder
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"I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great." -Ray Charles
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"Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that." - James Brown
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"If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about." - Aretha Franklin
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"I'm not saying I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world." - Tupac
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"In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first." - Jimi Hendrix
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"Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one's soul; when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood." - Josephine Baker
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"It doesn't matter how you travel it, it's the same road. It doesn't get any easier when you get bigger, it gets harder. And it will kill you if you let it." - James Brown
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"We all have our imperfections. But I'm human and you know, it's important to concentrate on other qualities besides outer beauty." - Beyonce
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"I'm not in control of these situations and I feel like to be upset or down about something I can't control is just being weak and wasting energy." - 50 Cent
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"I find the greatest songs in the world come out of pain, and I don't like it! Here's what it does: It strips away all of your facade. It makes you so honest. It's cleansing." - Lionel Richie
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"I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music." - Nat King Cole
I hope you've enjoyed these inspiring music quotes.
For more music quotes, check out the popular music quotes section of Famous-Quotes-And-Quotations.com, a website that specializes in 'Top 10' lists of quotations in dozens of categories.
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