Gustavo Dudamel Quotes

If you ever think about me, and you ain't gonna do no revolutionary act, forget about me. I don't want myself on your mind if you're not going to work for the people.

Solidarity is an attitude of resistance, I suppose, or it should be.

There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things.

My hope is that out of all the anger and seeming hostility that we hear in some of today's music will come some sort of coalition that will become politically involved.

I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.

In our eyes, individual terror is inadmissible precisely because it belittles the role of the masses in their own consciousness, reconciles them to their own powerlessness, and turns their eyes and hopes toward a great avenger and liberator who someday will come and accomplish his mission.

No doubt it is also necessary to improve the classes who now oppress you, but you will never succeed in doing this unless you begin by improving yourselves.

The history of political movements in the African diaspora is that the solution to the problem is never in the hands of people who are advancing the movement. I try and operate on my own terms.

At the women's march, we held signs that said, 'Today we march, tomorrow we run.' They didn't believe us, but it's coming to pass.

Every progressive movement has been built on the anger, needs, and aspirations of the emerging major class.

Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter, but beautiful, struggle for a new world. This is the calling of the sons of God, and our brothers wait eagerly for our response. Shall we say the odds are too great? Shall we tell them the struggle is too hard?

I'm not sure I'm trying to communicate a message. I'm just trying to be part of the movement away from the unacceptable present.

If Occupy Wall Street can see their way to more collaboration with the union movement, then there will be a great deal of political action possible.

I hope lots of people will join the solidarity march on May 7th and I hope things will change.

If not now, then when? If not you, then who? If we are able to answer these fundamental questions, then perhaps we can wipe away the blot of human slavery.

Today we are in a war against war - music is our power.

I think every revolutionary act is an act of love. Every song that I've written, it is because of my desire to use music as a way to empower and re-humanize people who are living in a dehumanizing setting. The song is in order to better the human condition.

Otherwise we get off the track and we do not fulfil the historical role which we want to fulfil: to help the masses, the exploited and the oppressed of the world, build a classless society, a world socialist federation.

I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.

Every social justice movement that I know of has come out of people sitting in small groups, telling their life stories, and discovering that other people have shared similar experiences.

Our struggle was political, ideological and economic, and we felt we couldn't make something of ourselves unless we bettered society. We saw the two together.

To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves.

Individuals can resist injustice, but only a community can do justice.

The great thing about social movements is everybody gets to be a part of them.

There's nothing automatic about political change, about liberation.