Quotes from Curtis Mayfield

This accident, or incident, happened in the most secure place I could have felt I was in: Walking onstage with my guitar, you know?

Some people think we don't have the rightTo say it's my countryBefore they give in they'd rather fuss and fightThan say it's my countryI've paid three hundred years or moreOf slave-driving sweat and welts on my backThis is my country

If there's hell below, we're all gonna go.

Could live with you in solitude and need no one else. Give me your love.

There ain't no room For the hopeless sinner Who would hurt all mankind Just to save his own Have pity on those Whose chances grow thinner Cause there's no hiding place From the Kingdom's Throne