Zitate und Sprüche von Gil Scott-Heron

Musik hat die Macht mich aufzuheitern, wie sonst nichts auf der Welt. Sie gibt mir Frieden. Erinnert mich daran, wer ich wirklich bin.

Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am.

Well, I grew up on the blues, man!

I learnt early on that your audience take the songs in the way they want to rather than the way you might want them too.

Colour is not the issue in America; class is.

My songs were always about the tone of voice rather than the words.