- If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. - Maya Angelou, 1992
- I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people. - Maya Angelou, 1992
- The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago. - Louis Armstrong, 1944
- There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell them. - Louis Armstrong, 1956
- We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself. - Louis Armstrong, 1956, on Jazz
- A wise person speaks carefully and with truth, for every word that passes between one's teeth is meant for something. - Molefi Kete Asante (Arthur Lee Smith), 1988
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