Gil Scott-Heron Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I cannot afford to watch Fox News.”

“Our accomplishments show what kind of people we are.”

“You have to learn and keep learning.”

“If you're supposed to be doing something, the spirits will come and help you. They have helped me out with lines I shouldn't have known, chords I shouldn't have known. Every once in a while I get lines from somewhere, and I think, I better write this down.”

“Everything that's bad for you catches on too quickly in America, because that's the easiest thing to get people to invest in, the pursuits that are easy and destructive, the ones that bring out the least positive aspects of people.”

“If you aren't having no fun, die, because you're running a worthless program, far as I'm concerned.”

“I was one of the first three black students to go to an all-white school in Tennessee.”

“I am honestly not sure how capable I am of love. And I'm not sure why.”

“Every show that sells out is like a hero's welcome for me.”

“I was a piano player before I was a poet.”