90 Quotes by John Trudell

When I left politics in the early Eighties and started writing and recording, my idea was that I could have an influence further down into other generations. That Natives could come into the culture through arts and music.

My influences in this world have always been Crazy Horse and Malcolm X, my overall influences. But I was influenced by rock n' roll, blues, and country music. I was influenced by singers.

One Earth, one mother - one does not sell the Earth.

I have experienced within my own lifetime the attack of my winter camp and the killing of the women and children. It left me even angrier than I was - and I was never too calm to begin with.

I am just a human being trying to make it in a world that is rapidly losing its understanding of being human.

Because we are all of an oral tradition in our beginning histories, the voice of the poet in this particular society will be heard.

I'm a member of the American Indian Movement, and I'm from the indigenous nations of the Western Hemisphere.

I have a real interest in working with younger Native artists. I think it's a very important way for Native people to communicate the realities of our culture and remember our ancestors.

I find there is room in music to talk with music. It may expand ways people can participate with music. It doesn't sound hokey or like some kind of voice-over.