Quotes about "Indigenous Wisdom"

My upbringing was in the church. We had to attend regularly. And, of course, the church provided a training ground for me, so to speak, as a young vocalist and certainly gave me all of the spiritual values that I needed as a young lady. ”

Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature's, not honour's law we must obey: This made me cast my useless shield away. ”

A whole generation of young whites have involved themselves with traditional Negro music. ”

Rap actually took root in the Negro community, and then in the Hispanic community, long before it impacted on the larger American community as a whole. ”

I think it is vital to fight to do something you want to do despite not gaining your community's or your friends' approval. ”

Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it. ”

It's a really deep and layered psychological situation - making music with someone - if they're trying to make something real and personal. It's almost like dating: you allow yourself to be consumed by the other - not in a bad way, but in a way that happens in nature. ”

I am pretty well versed in the knowledge of music. ”

I had grown up in a privileged, upper-caste Hindu community; and because my father worked for a Catholic hospital, we lived in a prosperous Christian neighborhood. ”

The unfolding migratory crisis has become one of the most acute challenges facing the international community. Millions of lives are at stake. All of us have a responsibility to act. Collectively, we need to find solutions. ”