#us

If you believe in your heart that you are right, you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time. ↗

— Linda Ellerbee

#dead #fight #fish #heart #might

As I grew up, I was interested in other areas, too, especially literature. It became a major love of mine. Later, it became a difficult choice for me as to whether to major in music or literature. It wasn't until my 30s that I began a profession in music. ↗

— Tom Glazer

#became #began #choice #difficult #especially

Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young. ↗

— Duke Ellington

#being #fate #kind #me #too

There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone. ↗

— Duke Ellington

#art #gone #hardly #interest #money

I was just a bumpkin. Just a country bumpkin. I had just come to New York from Virginia. Or was it Baltimore? ↗

— Cass Elliot

#come #country #had #i #just

About 10,000 years ago, males and females were acting equitably and were treating one another as equals, and then males took over the power, because they have physical power and physical strength. ↗

— Jane Elliot

#acting #ago #another #because #equals

Education in this country is about how to maintain the status quo and to perpetuate racism. ↗

— Jane Elliot

#country #education #how #maintain #perpetuate

Music should be your escape. ↗

— Missy Elliot

#escape #should #your

And basically I always said when I was little that if I ever became successful or a celebrity, I would buy her this huge house and she would never have to work anymore. And I've done that. So I feel happy about doing that. ↗

— Missy Elliot

#always #anymore #basically #became #buy

Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music. ↗

— Missy Elliot

#definitely #hip-hop #music #original #original music