The fortress inspired a tremendous confidence. It was the only propeller driven aircraft I have flown that was completely viceless; there were no und….

I am a thing not new, I am as old As human nature. I am that which lurks, Ready to spring whenever a bar is loosed; The ancient trait which fights in….

I finally made up my mind that I would neither disclaim the black race nor claim the white race; but that I would change my name, raise a mustache, a….

Nothing great or enduring, especially in music, has ever sprung full-fledged and unprecedented from the brain of any master; the best he gives to the….

The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as a human being with a soul; later, as to whether he had sufficient intellect t….

My appearance was always good and my ability to play on the piano, especially ragtime, which was then at the height of its vogue, made me a welcome g….

At a very early age I began to thump on the piano alone, and it was not long before I was able to pick out a few tunes? I also learned the names of t….

As yet, the Negroes themselves do not fully appreciate these old slave songs..

I found cause to wonder upon what ground the English accuse Americans of corrupting the language by introducing slang words. I think I heard more and….

The peculiar fascination which the South held over my imagination and my limited capital decided me in favor of Atlanta University; so about the last….

Any musical person who has never heard a Negro congregation under the spell of religious fervor sing these old songs has missed one of the most thril….

Southern white people despise the Negro as a race, and will do nothing to aid in his elevation as such; but for certain individuals they have a stron….

In Berlin I especially enjoyed the orchestral concerts, and I attended a large number of them. I formed the acquaintance of a good many musicians, se….

Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had never entered my mind that I should find similar c….

And God stepped out on space, and He looked around and said: I'm lonely - I'll make me a world..

The Southern whites are in many respects a great people. Looked at from a certain point of view, they are picturesque. If one will put oneself in a r….

Some men enjoy the constant strife Of days with work and worry rife, But that is not my dream of life: I think such men are crazy. For me, a life wit….

My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman helping her..

...evil is a force and, like the physical and chemical forces, we cannot annihilate it; we may only change its form. We light upon one evil and hit i….

This Great God, Like a mammy bending over her baby, Kneeled down in the dust Toiling over a lump of clay Till He shaped it in His own image..

Americans are immensely popular in Paris; and this is not due solely to the fact that they spend lots of money there, for they spend just as much or ….