"I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don't think the black people are going to rise at all; I think most of them are going to die."

People, Poor

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"I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don't think the black people are going to rise at all; I think most of them are going to die."

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"Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking."

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"The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough."

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"Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world."

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"I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping."

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"I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important."

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"I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I'm not going."

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"From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman."

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