Behold, my friends, the spring is come the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love! – Sitting Bull
When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land they sent ten thousand men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them? – Sitting Bull
What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief. – Sitting Bull
They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse. – Sitting Bull
Ive never had a relationship with a record executive. I always went to the record company by someone that liked my playing. Then they would get fired, and Id be left with the record company. And then – because they got fired – the record company wouldnt do anything for me. – Ornette Coleman