“Not every elder is old and not every old person is an elder.” - Chey

Americana, Noun, Plural
things associated with America, especially the United States (Oxford American Dictionary, New York - Oxford, Oxford University Press 2003)

Americana Plural, Noun Amer·​i·​ca·​na ə-ˌmer-ə-ˈkä-nə 1: materials concerning or characteristic of America, its civilization, or its culture broadly : things typical of America 2: American culture, 3: a genre of American music having roots in early folk and country music. (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Americana, accessed on 2/20/2023)

“…You are the love of your life…” - Viola Davis

“That’s like asking a Jew why they still talk about Germans or a Christian why they still talk about Christ two thousand years later. But I can’t talk about hatred?” - Baba Dick Gregory

“Trying harder is not the solution when effort is not the problem.” - Jessica McCabe

“I’ll tell ya what freedom is to me; no fear. I mean really…no fear.” - Nina Simone

“I believe all people are good. There are few, very few, who do bad things.” - B.B King

“You got to give them something they can’t afford to lose. … Do you hate me more than you love your children?” - Baba Dick Gregory on how the only police reform is possible around 38min (but listen to everything for context)

“My whole life I felt like a stepchild…” - Tyler The Creator

“My parents, for all their reservations, were completely supportive.” - Emmylou Harris

“As my grandfather said, “There’s certain people who deserve a whole lot of ‘leave alone’.”” - Eddie Griffin

““Most of the time we’re arguing ‘truth’, what we’re arguing is ‘perspective.’” Do with that knowledge what you will.” - Sunn m’Cheaux and one of his elders

“When you sleep, sit’cho guitar right behind yo’ head…your pillows over there. Sit ‘yo guitar in that corner there, sleep with it right at your head and soon you start going and you’re learning just like that.” - Mississippi John Hurt

"You know…I read it in the Bible, says, “The older men teach the younger ones.” - Mississippi John Hurt

“My Mom was a great storyteller. … She was a natural born storyteller.” - John Prine

“When God forgave me, I figured I better do it too.” - Johnny Cash

“It means just what it says.” - Duffy a cautionary tale

A Dialogue: James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni (1973)

“If I do this for somebody, a system that done all these horrible things to me and black folks and all of that, …and don’t bat a eye, then I must be able to this for the black folk that have gone through it.” - Baba Dick Gregory (speaking of the military, marriage, and serving his community)

“I don’t want to be the black man you want me to be. I want to be me all the time.” - Childish Gambino

"But in the Greek and in the Hebrew both, these are storytelling languages. They’re street languages.” - Eugene Peterson

“You can’t always worry about the world’s problems when you’re a folk singer.” - Roy Book Binder

“…I found out there’s something worse than dying. And that’s being disgraced. And when you sit there and let another human being reduce you below the dignity that God gave you, just so you can feed your family, or send your children to college, or pay for your home, God will destroy you from the inside.” - Baba Dick Gregory

"They’re working against themselves and that’s on our side.” - Wendell Berry

“You gotta understand there’s joy in the journey.” - Steve Harvey

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