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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
If you listen to 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,' by Gil Scott-Heron, that album is dripping with rage.
— Henry Rollins
The first revolution is when you change your mind
— Gil Scott-Heron
Schedule? I have no schedule. There is no hurry. I work when I want to.
— Gil Scott-Heron
I cannot afford to watch Fox News.
— Gil Scott-Heron
Well, I grew up on the blues, man!
— Gil Scott-Heron
All the dreams you show up in are not your own.
— Gil Scott-Heron
Words are important for the mind, but the notes are for the soul.
— Gil Scott-Heron
Turn around, turn around, turn aroundAnd you may come full circle
And be new here again — Gil Scott-Heron
home is where the hated is
— Gil Scott-Heron
If you aren't having no fun, die, because you're running a worthless program, far as I'm concerned.
— Gil Scott-Heron
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
America .. the international Jekyll and Hyde ... the land of a thousand disguises, sneaks up on you but rarely surprises
— Gil Scott-Heron
The revolution will be no re-run brothers,The revolution will be live. — Gil Scott-Heron
Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and lakes die.
— Gil Scott-Heron
You never cared enough to be Black
— Gil Scott-Heron
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
It may be crazy, but I'm the closest thing I have to a voice of reason.
— Gil Scott-Heron
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
My songs were always about the tone of voice rather than the words.
— Gil Scott-Heron
Colour is not the issue in America; class is.
— Gil Scott-Heron
I am honestly not sure how capable I am of love. And I'm not sure why.
— Gil Scott-Heron
Womenfolk raised me, and I was full-grown before I knew I came from a broken home.
— Gil Scott-Heron
Every show that sells out is like a hero's welcome for me.
— Gil Scott-Heron
Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something.
— Gil Scott-Heron
Our accomplishments show what kind of people we are.
— Gil Scott-Heron
The revolution that takes place in your head, nobody will ever see that.
— Gil Scott-Heron
I was one of the first three black students to go to an all-white school in Tennessee.
— Gil Scott-Heron
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
I was a piano player before I was a poet.
— Gil Scott-Heron
A good poet feels what his community feels. Like if you stub your toe, the rest of your body hurts. — Gil Scott-Heron
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
You should be able to do anything you can afford as an adult.
— Gil Scott-Heron
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
You have to learn and keep learning.
— Gil Scott-Heron