Martin Luther King Music Quotes

#1. Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama's running so we all can fly.

Jay-Z

#2. 45I will dwell among the sons of Israel and will be their God. 46They shall know that I am the LORD their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them; I am the LORD their God.

Anonymous

#3. I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters.

Stephen Graham

#4. Ray Charles' revolutionary approach to music was also reflected in his politics and his deep and abiding commitment to Martin Luther King and the plight of African-Americans. Ray Charles may not have been on the front lines, but he put his money where his mouth was.

Diane Watson

#5. We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war.

Martin Luther King Jr.

#6. The Hollywood movies are more like novels, and the kinds of films I make are more like poems.

Stan Brakhage

#7. I don't know how to give up," he said. "If I did. I would have already, long before I met you. I'm not a man who's ever gonna lay down, Jenna." He paused, and his teeth flashed white in the near dark. "Except maybe for you.

Ellen Connor

#8. Music is the best consolation for a despaired man

Martin Luther King Jr.

#9. You become who you pretend to be.

Kurt Vonnegut

#10. Memphis is the place where rock was born and Martin Luther King, Jr., was killed. It's full of contradictions, abject poverty, and riches that only music can provide.

Shawn Amos

#11. I don't think I ever understood Hollywood.

Gloria Grahame

#12. The films I've made for children have been my hardest work, my best, because kids deserve the best.

Emma Thompson

#13. I can't say what I'm going to wear all the time. The minute that I say that, then there's something in me that tips off and then I need to break out of that.

Pharrell Williams

#14. Will we march only to the music of time, or will we, risking criticism and abuse, march to the soul-saving music of eternity?

Martin Luther King Jr.

#15. I never thought I'd see the day when the U.S. government could listen in on phone conversations or read private mail without first obtaining a warrant from a court. That sounds more like something that happened in the Soviet Union.

Chellie Pingree

#16. Jazz speaks for life. This is triumphant music.

Martin Luther King Jr.

#17. Music must be supported by the king and the princes, for the maintenance of the arts is their duty no less than the maintenance of the laws.

Martin Luther

#18. That which is selfish is immoral, and that which is unselfish is moral.

Swami Vivekananda

#19. If I can choose who I am in the moment, then I can choose to come in as my left brain personality and all of the skill sets that goes with that.

Jill Bolte Taylor

#20. Everybody has the blues. Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be happy. Everybody longs for faith. In music, especially this broad category called jazz, there is a stepping-stone to all of these.

Martin Luther King Jr.

#21. Dill if you don't hush I'll knock you bowlegged.

Harper Lee

#22. The ghosts in the house are ours, and I just want to be with them.

Ava Dellaira