Freedom Is A Hard-bought Thing

Get Them To Sing Your Song And They Will Want To Know Who You Are.

The Talents Of An Artist, Small Or Great, Are God-given. They've Nothing To Do With The Private Person; They're Nothing To Be Proud Of. They're Just A Sacred Trust... Having Been Given, I Must Give. Man Shall Not Live By Bread Alone, And What The Farmer Does I Must Do. I Must Feed The People - With My Songs.

Why Should The Negroes Ever Fight Against The Only Nations Of The World Where Racial Discrimination Is Prohibited, And Where The People Can Live Freely? Never! I Can Assure You, They Will Never Fight Against Either The Soviet Union Or The Peoples' Democracies.

In My Music, My Plays, My Films, I Want To Carry Always This Central Idea: To Be African.

Art Is Not Just To Show Life As It Is, But To Show Life As It Should Be.