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 backfeelgood Change image and share on social
I don't mind being criticized. I enjoy being criticized personally, not by rumor. Gil Scott-Heron criticizeenjoymind Change image and share on social
You see, revolution sounds like something that happens, like turning on the light switch, but actually it's moving a large obstacle, and a lot of folks' efforts to push it in one direction or the other have to combine. Gil Scott-Heron combinedirectioneffort share on social
If someone comes to you and asks for help, and you can help them, you're supposed to help them. Why wouldn't you? You have been put in the position somehow to be able to help this person. Gil Scott-Heron askpersonposition Change image and share on social
I was a piano player before I was a poet. Gil Scott-Heron pianoplayerpoet Change image and share on social
The way you get to know yourself is by the expressions on other people's faces, because that's the only thing that you can see, unless you carry a mirror about. Gil Scott-Heron carryexpressionface Change image and share on social
If you're supposed to be doing something, the spirits will come and help you. They have helped me out with lines I shouldn't have known, chords I shouldn't have known. Every once in a while I get lines from somewhere, and I think, I better write this down. Gil Scott-Heron chordhelpline share on social
I am honestly not sure how capable I am of love. And I'm not sure why. Gil Scott-Heron capablehonestlylove Change image and share on social
I have a novel that I can write. It's about three soldiers from Somalia. Some babies have been disappearing up on 144th Street, and I speculate later on what happened to them and how they might have been got back. These guys are dead, all three, and they have a chance in the afterlife to do something they should have done when they were alive. Gil Scott-Heron 144thafterlifealive share on social
Womenfolk raised me, and I was full-grown before I knew I came from a broken home. Gil Scott-Heron breakfullgrow Change image and share on social