Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes About Jazz

• Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Stories, Jazz, Speak

• We must use time creatively.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Music, Time, Use

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.96, Beacon Press

• Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize that they take the hardest realities of life and put them into music, only to come out with some new hope or sense of triumph.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Reality, Thinking, Triumph

• Everybody has the blues. Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be happy. Everybody longs for faith. In music, especially this broad category called jazz, there is a stepping-stone to all of these.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Memorable, Hands, Needs

• Jazz speaks for life. This is triumphant music.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Music, Jazz, Speak

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