American Quotes

Martin Luther King took us to the mountain top: I want to take us to the bank.

People will judge you according to your own convictions.

Life too is precious to waste - to spend on anything but the best.

I was a little bit chubby when I was a kid.

Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.

Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.

There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.

I'm fulfilled in what I do. I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes - the finer things of life - would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense.

Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.

Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.

Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.

I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.

If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.

There is a downside to having one of the biggest-selling albums ever.

Sometimes I get a lyric, and the lyric, you know, comes off the page, and goes into my brain and comes out with a melody. Other times, I may create a melody first.

Sensitive, humbug. Everybody thinks I'm sensitive. Wait until they hear my new album.

My parents always told me I could be anything I wanted to be.

My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue, an everlasting vision of the ever changing view.

In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious.

I'm a songwriter first.

I write heavily under the influence of James Taylor.

I went to London and performed in Eric Clapton's concert at the Royal Albert Hall. I'll work with him any time he asks me.

I used to hate the sound of my voice.

I think Madonna has a great deal of intelligence and capability. I have a lot of respect for her. She's taken her career and maximized it with intelligence and creativity.

I just sort of try to be a good person; try to write music that lifts people and makes me feel good to sing.

I didn't want to be an artist.

Eric Clapton is my dream guitarist.

The downside of videos is that it will put my vision in front of other people, so they might not get the chance to create their own.