Bernice Johnson Reagon Quotes

It's easy for me to care about Toronto, because Toronto is a community that cares about itself. It represents the world. It talks to itself, and because it does, it figures out that there must be a music garden as part of its existence.

When we go and cheer Cynthia Erivo on in 'The Color Purple,' it's because we've elected her to be our voice. She sings 'I'm Here' for all of us.

People, wherever they are, can make a community.

Every musician tries to blend in some reggae. It's the only music that brings all people together, different races, different religions.

I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box.

America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.

Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It's the impetus for creating change.

You can’t throw a park down and think everybody is going to mix and be happy and share picnic tables and sing songs together.

Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what race or religion or nationality or sexual orientation or gender that you are, it has the power to unite us.

Americans are at our best when we build bridges between us, not walls around us.

Music is so universal, and so I love that we can all be different, and we can all just show that.

In South Africa, we kind of like looking for things that unite people in big, big groups.

At the end of the day, dancing is something that brings people together.

I can see that everybody has their own challenges that they are dealing with. But what's so beautiful about music is that it brings people together, levels the playing field and opens people up.

At the end of the day, it's incredibly important to have a show like 'Atlanta' because if we can't stand up for and celebrate each other, then who will? Who will do it better?

It's cool to be able to use comedy as a way to make people feel like they're a part of a bigger collective rather than as a way to divide.

I don't want to fit in. I want to make music that can reach out to people of all different ages and backgrounds and beliefs and turn us into one, groovin, 'Goodtimenation.'

We can never get a re-creation of community and heal our society without giving our citizens a sense of belonging.

I love to make people dance; it's a way of bringing people together regardless of religion, nationality, sexuality, belief.

The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a shame if there was such a divide.

We are, by many measures, one of the more diverse cities in the country, growing more diverse all the time, and one of the more harmonious in terms of how we live together.

Let's use the energy of this historic year to propel us toward our shared vision of a greater Boston.

I don't promote boxing, I promote people. Boxing is a catalyst to bring people together.

Music has the power to bring people together like no other art form.

While we may be of different faiths, we have a strong sense of faith, family, community. We hold the values of freedom and human rights very high and I think that those are all a part of a very strong quilt that binds us together.