“He[Michael Jackson] had a joy in being alive. There was a joy you felt of him on the stage and making us not just feel good but pushing us against ourselves with the "Man in the Mirror," looking at ourselves critically, "Black or White," what does it mean to get caught in a color as opposed to a rich history and culture?” MenFeelsMeanDoeJoyCultureFeltBlackWhiteRichAliveStageColorHe ManMirrorsCaughtFeel GoodPushingBlack Or WhiteHistory And Culture Author:Cornel West
“There is a man who exists as one of the most popular objects of leadership, legislation, and quasi-literature in the history of all men. . . . This man, that object of attention, attack, and vast activity, cannot make himself be heard, let alone understood. He has never been listened to. . . . That man is Black and alive in white America where the media of communication do not allow the delivery of his own voice, his own desires, his own rage.” MenAmericaDesireLiteratureBlackVoiceWhiteAttentionAliveHeardMediaObjectsCommunicationActivityUnderstoodRageLegislationDelivery Author:June Jordan
“The most interesting thing about being alive is that there is no black and white; there are many shades of gray.” BlackWhiteInterestingAliveGrayShadeBlack And WhiteMost InterestingInteresting ThingsShades Of Gray Author:Tom Hiddleston
“I'm not so in with the prescriptive avant-garde agenda. I can do that sort of thing, but I feel that I'm still interested enough in song structure. When I look at a lyric on the page, the lyric is alive to me, looking like soldiers in a field. I can move it around, and it's very black-and-white.” FeelsLooksStillsI CanEnoughMovingSongBlackCan DoWhiteAliveFieldsPagesStructureSoldierAgendasBlack And WhiteAvant Garde Author:Scott Walker