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Gil Scott-Heron quotes: As for money - when I have it, it's great. When I don't, I go get some. I've been a dishwasher, a gardener, a cleaner.

As for money - when I have it, it's great. When I don't, I go get some. I've been a dishwasher, a gardener, a cleaner.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: I don't mind being criticized. I enjoy being criticized personally, not by rumor.

I don't mind being criticized. I enjoy being criticized personally, not by rumor.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: The first revolution is when you change your mind

The first revolution is when you change your mind

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: Schedule? I have no schedule. There is no hurry. I work when I want to.

Schedule? I have no schedule. There is no hurry. I work when I want to.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: I cannot afford to watch Fox News.

I cannot afford to watch Fox News.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: Well, I grew up on the blues, man!

Well, I grew up on the blues, man!

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: All the dreams you show up in are not your own.

All the dreams you show up in are not your own.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: Words are important for the mind, but the notes are for the soul.

Words are important for the mind, but the notes are for the soul.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: Turn around, turn around, turn aroundAnd you may come full circleAnd be new here again

Turn around, turn around, turn around
And you may come full circle
And be new here again

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: home is where the hated is

home is where the hated is

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: If you aren't having no fun, die, because you're running a worthless program, far as I'm concerned.

If you aren't having no fun, die, because you're running a worthless program, far as I'm concerned.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am.

Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: You can have a poem like "B-Movie" and sum up thirty conversations that people have had on the subject, but I wrote it down, and other people didn't.

You can have a poem like "B-Movie" and sum up thirty conversations that people have had on the subject, but I wrote it down, and other people didn't.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: America .. the international Jekyll and Hyde ... the land of a thousand disguises, sneaks up on you but rarely surprises

America .. the international Jekyll and Hyde ... the land of a thousand disguises, sneaks up on you but rarely surprises

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: The revolution will be no re-run brothers, The revolution will be live.

The revolution will be no re-run brothers,
The revolution will be live.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: I don't see any independent position that I'm in; it's rather inter-dependent.

I don't see any independent position that I'm in; it's rather inter-dependent.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and lakes die.

Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and lakes die.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: You never cared enough to be Black

You never cared enough to be Black

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: Every once in a while, you live long enough to get the respect that people didn't want to give while you were trying to become a senior citizen.

Every once in a while, you live long enough to get the respect that people didn't want to give while you were trying to become a senior citizen.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: It may be crazy, but I'm the closest thing I have to a voice of reason.

It may be crazy, but I'm the closest thing I have to a voice of reason.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: Your life has to consist of more than 'Black people should unite.' You hope they do, but not twenty-four hours a day.

Your life has to consist of more than 'Black people should unite.' You hope they do, but not twenty-four hours a day.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: My songs were always about the tone of voice rather than the words.

My songs were always about the tone of voice rather than the words.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: Colour is not the issue in America; class is.

Colour is not the issue in America; class is.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: I am honestly not sure how capable I am of love. And I'm not sure why.

I am honestly not sure how capable I am of love. And I'm not sure why.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: Womenfolk raised me, and I was full-grown before I knew I came from a broken home.

Womenfolk raised me, and I was full-grown before I knew I came from a broken home.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: Every show that sells out is like a hero's welcome for me.

Every show that sells out is like a hero's welcome for me.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something.

Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: Our accomplishments show what kind of people we are.

Our accomplishments show what kind of people we are.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: The revolution that takes place in your head, nobody will ever see that.

The revolution that takes place in your head, nobody will ever see that.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: I was one of the first three black students to go to an all-white school in Tennessee.

I was one of the first three black students to go to an all-white school in Tennessee.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: I learnt early on that your audience take the songs in the way they want to rather than the way you might want them too.

I learnt early on that your audience take the songs in the way they want to rather than the way you might want them too.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: I was a piano player before I was a poet.

I was a piano player before I was a poet.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: A good poet feels what his community feels. Like if you stub your toe, the rest of your body hurts.

A good poet feels what his community feels.
Like if you stub your toe, the rest of your body hurts.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: I tour more than I need to, more than is good for you. But it's my favorite part of music. I much prefer it to studio work.

I tour more than I need to, more than is good for you. But it's my favorite part of music. I much prefer it to studio work.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: You should be able to do anything you can afford as an adult.

You should be able to do anything you can afford as an adult.

Gil Scott-Heron quotes: You have to learn and keep learning.

You have to learn and keep learning.