Spencer Blues Explosion

Famous quotes containing the words spencer, blues and/or explosion:

“The essence of democracy is its assurance that every human being should so respect himself and should be so respected in his own personality that he should have opportunity equal to that of every other human being to “show what he was meant to become.””
—Anna Garlin Spencer (1851–1931)

“It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive character.”
—James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)

“Moderation has never yet engineered an explosion ....”
—Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945)