"Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell..." - Quote by Martin Luther King Jr

“Black Power alone is no more insurance against social injustice than white power.”

“The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.”

“The beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold.”

“I'm going to be a superstar musician, kill myself, and go out in a flame of glory.”

“Music is at its best when it is pleasingly melancholic.”

“Richard Wagner, a musician who wrote music which is better than it sounds.”

“I have not the most definite designs on the future.”

“If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.”

“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”