Odetta Quotes

• The better we feel about ourselves, the fewer times we have to knock somebody else down to feel tall.

  Odetta

  Feels, Fewer, Tall

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• If your neighbor looks at you like they don't enjoy the key you're singing in, look right back, bless them, and keep on singing.

  Odetta

  Keys, Singing, Looks

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• The blues is celebration, because when you take sorrow and turn it into music, you transform it.

  Odetta

  Sorrow, Celebration, Turns

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• You’re walking down life’s road, society’s foot is on your throat, every which way you turn you can’t get from under that foot. And you reach a fork in the road and you can either lie down and die, or insist upon your life.

  Odetta

  Lying, Feet, Down And

  "Civil-rights Folk Legend Odetta Dies At 77" by Gil Kaufman, www.mtv.com. December 3, 2008.

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• No one can dub you with dignity. That's yours to claim.

  Odetta

  Dignity, Claims

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