As stated last week, things are not necessarily happening quite in their proper month, but things are happening.
In this case, it's pretty straightforward. These are quotes by Black musicians. They are from different eras and styles, but no one that I hate, either musically or personally.
Some of them I love a lot; Nile Rodgers probably tops that list.
Some of them do not have the most inspiring personal lives. You can't ask people to be perfect, but there are places that I draw the line. For me, that means that there will never be Michael Jackson. Ever. I know a lot of people will disagree with that one, but my feelings are strong.
It also meant no David Ruffin.
Under other circumstances I might be able to see using Ike Turner or James Brown, but not this round.
One thing about Ike Turner is that I have read Tina Turner's memoir, I Tina.
That might seem like something that would make him someone I would never reference, but it actually gave me some sympathy for him. The start of his life had some terrible violence, and I can have sympathy for that. I'm not saying that it justifies things he's done, but I can have some understanding.
For a lot of the ones I love, memoirs are a part of that, but sometimes it gives you understanding, and care, without it quite leading to affection.
There will be another post about that.
Daily quotes:
6/1 “The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.” -- John Lee Hooker
6/2 "The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you." -- B. B. King
6/3 "Live each day like it's your last, 'cause one day you gonna be right." -- Ray Charles
6/4 "It's a hurtful place, the world, in and of itself. We don't need to add to it. And we're in a place now where we all need one another, and it's going to get rougher." -- Prince
6/5 "Sometimes you have to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything - whatever is bringing you down - get rid of it. Because you will find that when you are free, your true creativity, your true self comes out." -- Tina Turner
6/6 "It's easy to hear the voices of others and often very difficult to hear your own. Every person you meet is going to want something different from you. The question is: what do you want for yourself?" -- Beyoncé Knowles
6/7 "Art, well good art at least, takes you to a place you go during the experience of it, and then after you experience it you are different." -- Nile Rodgers
6/8 "We all have hearts.... If you have a heart, love somebody. If you have enough heart, love everybody." -- Stevie Wonder
6/9 "When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy." -- Barry White
6/10 "Stand up - above the crowd. Even if you've gotta shout out loud!" -- Tevin Campbell
6/11 "Risk the fall to know how it feels to fly." -- Alicia Keys
6/12 "I think the whole world is dying to hear someone say, 'I love you.' I think that if I can leave the legacy of love and passion in the world, then I think I've done my job in a world that's getting colder and colder by the day." -- Lionel Richie
6/13 "You learn so much from taking chances, whether they work out or not. Either way, you can grow from the experience and become stronger and smarter." -- John Legend
6/14 "Don't block your blessings. Don't let doubt stop you from getting where you want to be." -- Jennifer Hudson
6/15 "Dreams don't have deadlines. Believe in yourself." -- LL Cool J
6/16 "You have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone." -- Queen Latifah
6/17 "It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it." -- Diana Ross
6/18 "Crying is cleansing. There's a reason for tears, happiness or sadness." -- Dionne Warwick
6/19 "Sometimes the best things are right in front of you; it just takes some time to see them." -- Gladys Knight
6/20 "Your wealth can be stolen, but the precious riches buried deep in your soul cannot." -- Minnie Riperton
6/21 "God doesn't do the work for you; he does the work through you. It's not enough to look up; you must also look within." -- Patti LaBelle
6/22 "Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something." -- Gil Scott-Heron
6/23 "You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served." -- Nina Simone
6/24 "I feel that it is healthier to look out at the world through a window than through a mirror. Otherwise, all you see is yourself and whatever is behind you." -- Bill Withers
6/25 "Life is not about finding our limitations, it's about finding our infinity." -- Herbie Hancock
6/26 "The loudest noise in the world is silence." -- Thelonious Monk
6/27 "I don't really try to predict what can and will happen with things. Sometimes you think something's gonna be a huge success, and it isn't. And sometimes you pay no attention to something whatsoever, and God just makes it into everything." -- Donna Summer
6/28 "My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being...When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hangups...I want to speak to their souls." -- John Coltrane
6/29 "Once I could play what I heard inside me, that's when I was born." -- Charlie Parker
6/30 "Whenever I say goodbye it’s never for long because I believe in the power of love." -- Luther Vandross
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