I feel I was born with the music coming to me, and that's not something to be wasted. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes bear come feel
I started 'Society's Child' on a bus in East Orange as I was going home from school. I saw a black and white couple sitting there and started thinking about it. Janis Ian blackbuschild Change image and share on social
There will always be those people who are just backward and ignorant. There will always be those people. They need somebody to feel superior to. Janis Ian backwardfeelignorant Change image and share on social
I learned the truth at seventeen, That love was meant for beauty queens, And high school girls with clear skinned smiles, Who married young and then retired. Janis Ian beautycleargirl Change image and share on social
You make your first album, you make some money, and you feel like you still have to show face, like 'I still go to the projects.' I'm like, why? Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out. You grew up there. What makes you think it's so cool? Jay-Z albumcoolface share on social
I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training should have something coming into their homes weekly which dealt with their problems in a simple, helpful way... so I wrote in a plain, common-sense way on the things that concerned our people. Ida B. Wells comecommonconcern share on social
Why do men fight who were born to be brothers? James Longstreet bearbrotherfight Change image and share on social
