My Future Depends Mostly Upon Myself.

I Did A Long Concert Tour In England And Denmark And Sweden, And I Also Sang For The Soviet People, One Of The Finest Musical Audiences In The World.

This Is Our Home And This Is Our Country. Beneath Its Soil Lie Bones Of Our Fathers; For It Some Of Them Fought, Bled, And Died. Here We Were Born And Here We Will Stay.

The Talents Of An Artist, Small Or Great, Are God-given. They've Nothing To Do With The Private Person; They're Nothing To Be Proud Of. They're Just A Sacred Trust... Having Been Given, I Must Give. Man Shall Not Live By Bread Alone, And What The Farmer Does I Must Do. I Must Feed The People - With My Songs.

The Man Who Accepts Western Values Absolutely, Finds His Creative Faculties Becoming So Warped And Stunted That He Is Almost Completely Dependent On External Satisfactions, And The Moment He Becomes Frustrated In His Search For These, He Begins To Develop Neurotic Symptoms, To Feel That Life Is Not Worth Living, And, In Chronic Cases, To Take His Own Life.

I Learned That Along With The Towering Achievements Of The Cultures Of Ancient Greece And China There Stood The Culture Of Africa, Unseen And Denied By The Imperialist Looters Of Africa's Material Wealth.