Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Hazel Scott

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Hazel Scott.

Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Hazel Dorothy Scott was a Trinidad-born American jazz and classical pianist and singer. She was an outspoken critic of racial discrimination and segregation. She used her influence to improve the representation of Black Americans in film.

American - Musician | June 11, 1920 - October 2, 1981

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There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they're born, and it's a marvelous thing if you know the reason by then.

Hazel Scott

I've always known I was gifted, which is not the easiest thing in the world for a person to know, because you're not responsible for your gift, only for what you do with it.

Hazel Scott

Who ever walked behind anyone to freedom? If we can't go hand in hand, I don't want to go.

Hazel Scott

There's only one free person in this society, and he is white and male.

Hazel Scott

I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts.

Hazel Scott

I have always respected everyone's religion. As I say, there is only one God and a lot of confused people.

Hazel Scott

If you reach for something and find out it's the wrong thing, you change your program and move on.

Hazel Scott

Any woman who has a great deal to offer the world is in trouble. And if she's a black woman, seh's in deep trouble.

Hazel Scott

I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts. We can either be ugly and contemptuous in our behavior, which will turn people off, or else we can carry ourselves with dignity and pride.

Hazel Scott

Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Hazel Scott

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