#sing

Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#brave #brave men #cannot #defense #even

Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#barbarity #been #country #during #effort

What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#becomes #capital #capital punishment #crime #deserving

I dabbled in things like Howlin' Wolf, Cream and Led Zeppelin, but when I heard Son House and Robert Johnson, it blew my mind. It was something I'd been missing my whole life. That music made me discard everything else and just get down to the soul and honesty of the blues. ↗

— Jack White

#blew #blues #cream #dabbled #discard

Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else. ↗

— Mae West

#else #find #guessing #keep #long

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself. ↗

— Rebecca West

#humanity #itself #more #never #than

I'm no hillbilly singer. ↗

— Elvis Presley

#i #singer

I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing unwritten novels about the people we meet? ↗

— Rebecca West

#composing #each #i #i wonder #just

The way I teach people to sing... I have them talk the lyric out until it sounds like something they really believe, like an actor with a monologue. ↗

— Margaret Whiting

#believe #i #like #lyric #monologue

When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

#her #his #humanity #missing #person