Category - Gil Scott-Heron

Discover the thoughtful and inspirational Quotes of Gil Scott-Heron, a philosopher and author. Our collection of his most impactful quotes reflects his deep understanding of language, philosophy, and history.
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Gil Scott-Heron

Womenfolk raised me, and I was full-grown before I knew I came from a broken home.

– Gil Scott-Heron

Gil Scott-Heron

I was born in Chicago, but I was raised in a town called Jackson, Tennessee. And a lot of these changes that were necessary and talked about it as important have been made, like, people go to school where they want to go. They work for equal pay, they work for – they can go school and have an equal shot at a job.

– Gil Scott-Heron

Gil Scott-Heron

I thought that some of my best records was when there wasn’t a lot of work being done on it, like ‘Winter in America’ and ‘Secrets’ and when there weren’t a whole lot of people in the studios.

– Gil Scott-Heron

Gil Scott-Heron

I have a novel that I can write. It’s about three soldiers from Somalia. Some babies have been disappearing up on 144th Street, and I speculate later on what happened to them and how they might have been got back. These guys are dead, all three, and they have a chance in the afterlife to do something they should have done when they were alive.

– Gil Scott-Heron

Gil Scott-Heron

Everything that’s bad for you catches on too quickly in America, because that’s the easiest thing to get people to invest in, the pursuits that are easy and destructive, the ones that bring out the least positive aspects of people.

– Gil Scott-Heron

Gil Scott-Heron

I cannot afford to watch Fox News.

– Gil Scott-Heron

Gil Scott-Heron

I don’t mind being criticized. I enjoy being criticized personally, not by rumor.

– Gil Scott-Heron

Gil Scott-Heron

You should be able to do anything you can afford as an adult.

– Gil Scott-Heron

Gil Scott-Heron

You have to learn and keep learning.

– Gil Scott-Heron

Gil Scott-Heron

I tour more than I need to, more than is good for you. But it’s my favorite part of music. I much prefer it to studio work.

– Gil Scott-Heron

Gil Scott-Heron

I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students, what made a good story, a good poem.

– Gil Scott-Heron

Gil Scott-Heron

I was one of the first three black students to go to an all-white school in Tennessee.

– Gil Scott-Heron

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