Gil Scott-Heron Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

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Gil Scott-Heron quotes and sayings page 3 (deceased poet born on Apr 1, 1949). Here's quote # 21 through 30 out of the 34 we have for him.

Gil Scott-Heron Quotes
“You should be able to do anything you can afford as an adult.”
“I was born in Chicago, but I was raised in a town called Jackson, Tennessee. And a lot of these changes that were necessary and talked about it as important have been made, like, people go to school where they want to go. They work for equal pay, they work for - they can go school and have an equal shot at a job.”
“I found my grandmother dead. It shook me up. I got up to make her breakfast, and I knew it was strange that she wasn't stirring. I went in to wake her, and she was laying in rigor mortis, and I'm done. I called next door, and the kid picked up the phone, and I was so wild, he dropped it.”
Gil Scott-Heron Quotes
“I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students, what made a good story, a good poem.”
Gil Scott-Heron Quotes
“Colour is not the issue in America; class is.”
Gil Scott-Heron Quotes
“Schedule? I have no schedule. There is no hurry. I work when I want to.”
Gil Scott-Heron Quotes
“As for money - when I have it, it's great. When I don't, I go get some. I've been a dishwasher, a gardener, a cleaner.”
Gil Scott-Heron Quotes
“Womenfolk raised me, and I was full-grown before I knew I came from a broken home.”
Gil Scott-Heron Quotes
“My songs were always about the tone of voice rather than the words.”
Gil Scott-Heron Quotes
“I tour more than I need to, more than is good for you. But it's my favorite part of music. I much prefer it to studio work.”

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