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"The first change that takes place is in your mind. You have…" — Gil Scott-Heron

c. 1989(Approximate date)· Gil Scott-Heron (speaker)

“The first change that takes place is in your mind. You have to change your mind before you change the way you live and the way you move.”
Speaker
Gil Scott-Heron
Occasion
Filmed interview, 1989 (Media Burn Archive), on "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"

Gil Scott-Heron explaining that "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" meant revolution begins as an internal, un-filmable change of consciousness.

Sources & citations

  1. 1.mediaburn.orgwebsite
  2. 2.openculture.comwebsite
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