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“One good song with a message can bring a point more deeply to more people than a thousand rallies”. –Phil Ochs

“Some white people hate black people, and some white people love black people, some black people hate white people, and some black people love white people. So you see, it’s not an issue of black and white, it’s an issue of Lovers and Haters”. –eden ahbez

“There’s been times that I thought I couldn’t last for long, But now I think I’m able to carry on. It’s been a long, a long time coming, But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will”. –Sam Cooke

“If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else”. –Marvin Gaye

“Don’t worry – if there’s a hell below, we all gonna go”. –Curtis Mayfield

“I think that self-reliance is what makes you happy; not having to worry about anything or not depending on anybody besides yourself”. –Bradley Nowell

“I’d hate to be a songwriter starting a career today”. –Otis Blackwell