A Quote by Sharon Jones
I'm telling the story, and if I can't tell the story, I'm not going to sing it. And if I don't agree with the story, and if I got to sing something that portrays me as something I'm not, then I'm not going to sing it either. I didn't even want to sing Aretha Franklin's 'Chain of Fools.'
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Sing, poet with the sorrow! earth is low.
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"Amen" to either song of joy and woe.
Sing, seraph, poet! sing on equally!
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