5+ Sherley Anne Williams Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Sherley Anne Williams quotes and sayings.

The blues records of each decade explain something about the philosophical basis of our lives as black people. ... Blues is a basis of historical continuity for black people. It is a ritualized way of talking about ourselves and passing it on. — Sherley Anne Williams

This is what I hold against slavery. May come a time when I forgive - cause I don't think I'm set up to forget - the beatings, the selling, the killings, but I don't think I ever forgive the ignorance they kept us in. — Sherley Anne Williams

These is old blues / and I sing em like any woman do. / These the old blues / and I sing em, sing em, sing em. Just like any woman do. / My life ain't done yet. / Naw. My song ain't through. — Sherley Anne Williams

A startling and engrossing commentary on the complex actuality and continuing heritage of American slavery. — Sherley Anne Williams

I think writing is really a process of communication. . . . It's the sense of being in contact with people who are part of a particular audience that really makes a difference to me in writing. — Sherley Anne Williams