Rhiannon Giddens Quotes

Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.

The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.

Without understanding your history, you can't get a perspective about the present.

A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century.

I really feel sorry for kids who aren't interested in history - recent history, either, because it is this that made us what we are.

I don't think you should ever run from history. You should learn from it and embrace it.

If you don't know your history, you don't have an idea how you channel things in your life. Knowing that history, I was able to fulfil my goals.

A lot of people believe that you don't need to know the history and that creates newness. I disagree: we should always be informed and then destroy it.

If you know your history, then you would know where you coming from, then you wouldn't have to ask me, who the heck do I think I am.

It is important for all of us to appreciate where we come from and how that history has really shaped us in ways that we might not understand.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

Can't disagree with the need for a grasp of history.

As Africans Americans we often think about the tragic stories associated with our lineage, but there are a lot of triumphs. Traveling helps you learn about other aspects of our history, like the story of Christ the Redeemer. It's empowering and inspiring.

We have to really educate ourselves in a way about who we are, what our real identity is.

We take it for granted sometimes that certain parts of our history are told, and we take it for granted that we know all that stuff, and we move forward along on that basis, but there are also massive gaps, and we have to try to address them.

It means that through knowledge have come responsibility and hope, and through both, action.

The past is never the past. It is always present. And you better reckon with it in your life and in your daily experience, or it will get you. It will get you really bad.

Freedom can occur only through education.

I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.

What nourishes us at home and in school is what inspires us. When we get awareness and learn about the great potential that we all human beings have, we are able to discover our leadership.

Being more aware creates responsibility. What does responsibility mean? It means the ability to respond. The more conscious you are in your ability to respond, the more creative you'll be.

We can't afford to deny our past in a bid to be empowered. But what we can do is contextualize the past.

I think in order to move forward into the future, you need to know where you've been.

A consciousness of history is one of the key factors that distinguishes us from other animals.

History informs us of past mistakes from which we can learn without repeating them.