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Danh ngôn của Curtis Mayfield (Sứ mệnh: 3)

We weren't the Temptations, but when we came out onstage, the people always gave us a special respect because our songs were of an inspirational quality.
Being a young black man, observing and sensing the need for race equality and women's rights, I wrote about what was important to me.
Everything was a song. Every conversation, every personal hurt, every observance of people in stress, happiness and love... if you could feel it, I could feel it. And I could write a song about it.
My teacher told me I'd never amount to anything. I left high school at 15, after one year. But my real teachers were all the people around me. And I was a good listener.
With all respect, I'm sure that we have enough preachers in the world. Through my way of writing, I was capable of being able to say these things and yet not make a person feel as though they're being preached at.