Narrative

“That is why I believe I must tell stories as if the world were a living, single entity.”

“The Kelly paintings, really, are as abstract as they are anecdotal.”

“It’s not about you, it’s about the story.”

“We can change Africa’s health narrative.”

“The idea of writing Mary Prince’s history was first suggested by herself.”

“That’s why I call myself Steven Spielberg, because I direct all this drama and story of the team.”

“I’m sick and tired of having my story told by some stranger.”

“I wanted a persona to really reflect our point of view at the time that colonial policies were beginning.”

“Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories.”

“For me, a real documentary is when you're really listening to somebody; they are the ones that will tell you what the story is, not you.”

“Unfortunately, apartheid has not gone, apartheid has simply reinforced itself in a different form today, and so Independent Media for me, was an important vehicle to continue to tell the story.”

“A veces la gente piensa que mi rap es rudo o muy violento, pero yo creo que estoy reflejando la vida tal cual la vivimos en nuestro país.”

“For the longest time, we have left it to everyone else but ourselves to tell our own stories.”

“Потому что артисту не слова играть интересно, а историю.”

“Everybody has a script.”

“I feel like I tell stories of triumph.”

“I think the most important thing I've done, is to do the song about the ship, about the Fitzgerald.”

“I never feel that I have to be true to history: I have to be true to my story.”