Art Is Not Just To Show Life

I Shall Take My Voice Wherever There Are Those Who Want To Hear The Melody Of Freedom Or The Words That Might Inspire Hope And Courage In The Face Of Fear. My Weapons Are Peaceful, For It Is Only By Peace That Peace Can Be Attained. The Song Of Freedom Must Prevail.

I Said It Was My Feeling That The American People Would Struggle For Peace, And That Has Since Been Underscored By The President Of These United States.

Yes, Peace Can And Must Be Won, To Save The World From The Terrible Destruction Of World War Iii.

In My Music, My Plays, My Films, I Want To Carry Always This Central Idea: To Be African.

I Found A Special Eagerness Among The Younger, And I Am Sorry To Say, The More Intelligent Negroes, To Dismiss The Spiritual As Something Beneath Their New Pride In Their Race. It Is As If They Wanted To Put It Behind Them As Something To Be Ashamed Of.