Albert Murray quotes
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“The blues is not the creation of a crushed-spirited people. It is the product of a forward-looking, upward-striving people.”
-- Albert MurraySource : Albert Murray, Roberta S. Maguire (1997). “Conversations with Albert Murray”, p.129, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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“I am not an African. I am an American.”
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“When the Negro musician or dancer swings the blues, he is fulfilling the same fundamental existential requirement that determines the mission of the poet, the priest and the medicine man.”
-- Albert MurraySource : Albert Murray (1970). “The Omni-Americans: Some Alternatives to the Folklore of White Supremacy”
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“All abuse and waste of God's creatures are spoil and robbery on the property of the Creator.”
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“One man is equivalent to all Creation. One man is a World in miniature.”
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“To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.”
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“These gun laws are very much the creation of the Prime Minister.”
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“The creation of the UCB Theatre is by far my proudest professional accomplishment.”
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“When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.”
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