Jews, black people - any people who are hated or who have suffered, either as individuals or as a people - use humour. It is a survival skill.
Sarah Silverman
It was night and I could see a large and calm lake, reflecting the moon. Black mountains rose around it. I arrived from between two of these... →
Georges Simenon
It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the... →
Carly Simon
Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
Nina Simone
To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music.
I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don't think the black people are going to rise at all; I think most of them are going... →
When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have heard... →
From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
I was growing up in the New Wave period, but that wasn't allowed in school. I remember moments when they wouldn't let four people dressed in... →
Raf Simons
We have been playing to a 70-30 black to white audience. And we are just doing what should come next, trying to attract a larger house, trying to... →
Valerie Simpson