23 Quotes by Wadada Leo Smith

When you live in the South, you're constantly part of the civil rights movement.

I think all art is, by nature, intended to motivate society for change, and the only reason change doesn't happen is because within the target population, courage is lacking.

I write all the time. I always have. I can pick up my horn to warm up, and an idea will pop into my head, and I'll write it down and file it away for another time.

The only thing that makes change possible is the idea of developing some kind of institution, because the institutions will survive individuals.

There's nothing unnatural in creation.