“Thoughtful, energetic, smart, determined. I tried to own and further those qualities and often mustered them up when they were dormant and something wasn't going my way.” WayQualitySmartDeterminedMy WayThoughtfulEnergeticDormant Author:Amy Richards
“I've been called a "baby killer" and I've been told I should die and that I'm ruining women's lives. Those accusations hurt for sure - and I pause when such labels are applied to me - but because they come from people I don't necessarily respect, I have an easier time moving beyond them.” PeopleShouldMovingDiesHurtBabyEasierLabelsKillersPausesAccusationEasier TimesMoving Beyond Author:Amy Richards
“I'm motivated by injustice, which is embedded and constant and wrong - not by a vernacular soundboard.” ConstantInjusticeMotivatedEmbeddedVernacular Author:Amy Richards
“In college, a group of guys labelled me a "righteous little beaver." Again, I was slightly pissed because it seemed offensive and misdirected, but when I learned that beavers swim upstream, I realized that maybe it was fitting after all.” LittlesGuyGroupsCollegeI RealizedSwimRighteousOffensiveFittingBeavers Author:Amy Richards
“Our world loses out when the leadership doesn't reflect the led - when a minority makes decisions for the majority.” WorldLosesDecisionMajorityMinoritiesOur World Author:Amy Richards
“Empowering women isn't for women, but for the world.” WorldEmpoweringEmpowering Women Author:Amy Richards
“I'm not a cinematic cinematic person. I go to the movies like I did back when I was a kid. I go to the movies and I sit down. If the music works, hmm. If it doesn't work, hmm. The whole concept of the thing, not as one piece here or there. For me, music is a large part.” IfsPersonsWholeKidsPiecesMusic IsConceptsBack WhenOne PieceCinematicHmm Author:Melvin Van Peebles
“I can't read or write music. When I want to remember something, I try to remember all the keys on the piano. Which is what I still do. I put the numbers on the keys. And that's got to become music again.” WantWritingTryingStillsI CanRememberNumbersKeysPianoRemember Something Author:Melvin Van Peebles
“Music is for theater like theater is for scripts. It's total: it's cyclical.” Music IsTheaterScripts Author:Melvin Van Peebles