8+ Etheridge Knight Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Etheridge Knight quotes and sayings.

Each Fall the graves of my grandfathers call me, the brown hills and red gullies of mississippi send out their electric messages, galvanizing my genes. — Etheridge Knight

Love is a rock against the wind. Not soft like silk and lace. — Etheridge Knight

I boil my tears in a twisted spoon And dance like an angel on the point of a needle. — Etheridge Knight

Let all Black Poets die as trumpets, And be buried in the dust of marching feet. — Etheridge Knight

Black Poets should live--not leap From steel bridges, like the white boys do. — Etheridge Knight

I died in 1960 from a prison sentence and poetry brought me back to life. — Etheridge Knight

We dreamed of doing but could not bring ourselves to do. — Etheridge Knight

To write a blues song is to regiment riots and pluck gems from graves. — Etheridge Knight