They took all our land; I don't have any land to toil. My crops have to grow somewhere else. John Trudell cropgrowland Change image and share on social
You go back and you read your Constitution. You read your Declaration of Independence. And you will see that the only people who could decide these freedoms were white males who owned property, and all the rest of us were excluded. John Trudell backconstitutiondecide share on social
Every song I've ever written always starts with the words because I want the music to be the musical extension of the feelings of the words, and not the words being the emotional extension of the feeling of the music. John Trudell emotionalextensionfeeling share on social
All politics to me - Indian or white - is an illusion preventing us from being authentic because we're communicating through something that isn't real to us. John Trudell authenticcommunicateillusion Change image and share on social
It's always good to go home. It's strengthening to see your past and know you have someplace to go where you're part of a people. John Trudell goodhomepart Change image and share on social
Everybody interprets things differently with their own perception, and I want poetry to pull out of them their own feelings. John Trudell differentlyfeelinginterpret Change image and share on social
When one lives in a society where people can no longer rely on the institutions to tell them the truth, the truth must come from culture and art. John Trudell artcultureinstitution Change image and share on social
In a personal context, I'm not in the ground, and I'm not in an institution. So I guess I'm doing pretty good. John Trudell contextgoodgrind Change image and share on social
My influences in this world have always been Crazy Horse and Malcolm X, my overall influences. But I was influenced by rock n' roll, blues, and country music. I was influenced by singers. John Trudell bluecountrycrazy Change image and share on social
I don't want to tell people how to remember me. I want people to remember me as they remember me. John Trudell peopleremember Change image and share on social
