#lack

I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#any #been #black #black music #closer

It slaps your dignity just right. I loved the idea of these proud, dignified black men, and I saw the older ones wounded, and it wounded me ten times as much because I couldn't stand seeing them hurt like this. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#black #dignified #dignity #hurt #i

The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#black #business #climate #entertainment #entertainment business

You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them! ↗

— Van Jones

#believe #black #child #columbine #done

You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things. ↗

— Janis Joplin

#black #feel #know #myth #only

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#black #brain #brain power #call #green

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#everybody #i #like #person #realize

The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can't let yourself be beat because of lack of effort. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#because #downs #effort #focus #game

Well, if you're talking about the current climate, there's a lack of content in American film because I think people are deeply confused about their emotions, and they don't regret certain aspects of their own foreign policy. ↗

— Neil Jordan

#american #american film #aspects #because #certain

The lack of sweat to get a win is probably a record for me. ↗

— Curtis Joseph

#lack #me #probably #record #sweat