We [must] Realize That Our Future Lies

In My Music, My Plays, My Films, I Want To Carry Always This Central Idea: To Be African.

Through My Singing And Acting And Speaking, I Want To Make Freedom Ring. Maybe I Can Touch People's Hearts Better Than I Can Their Minds, With The Common Struggle Of The Common Man.

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.

The Talents Of An Artist, Small Or Large, Are God-given... They Are A Sacred Trust.