If a slave were to raise his voice to his master, he risked all manner of punishment. Yet what was possible in many circumstances was to lift one's voice in song. This was a major ingredient in what is now known as blues and gospel. Slaves may have been regarded as subhuman by their cruel captors, but through music, they were proud and dignified.

One person's roar is another's whine, just as one person's music is another's unendurable noise.

Desperation is the secret to my steady employment. I am not interested in downtime. I really like to keep working all the time and I always feel like I'm in the mail room of life; working up.

Shirley Sherrod seems like a good and dedicated person.

Rock n' roll unchained a nation and revolutionized radio and the record industry, not to mention the motion picture business.

I'm not artistic nor am I all that creative.

Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.