Pop Culture Has None Of The Vibrancy

More Than Once My Mother Would Point Out: "harry Belafonte Is The Best-looking Man On The Planet."

I'm Called A Folk Singer, And I'm Not Too Sure About That. I Went About My Life Approaching Music Not From The Point Of View Of A Singer, But From The Point Of View Of An Actor. That's How I First Started To Sing.

I Grew Up In A School System . . . Where Nobody Understood The Meaning Of Learning Disorder. In The West Indies, I Was Constantly Being Physically Abused Because The Whipping Of Students Was Permitted.

When I Was 40 And Looking At 60, It Seemed Like A Thousand Miles Away. But 62 Feels Like A Week And A Half Away From 80. I Must Now Get On With Those Things I Always Talked About Doing But Put Off.

In The Gun Game, We Are The Most Hunted. The River Of Blood That Washes The Streets Of Our Nation Flows Mostly From The Bodies Of Our Black Children.