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Essence of Inner Being.
The soul is the essence of a being, a unique and intangible core that transcends the physical, encompassing consciousness, personality, and inherent worth. It represents the profound potential for connection, empathy, and self-discovery, providing meaning and purpose by driving us to strive for growth, leave a positive impact, and understand our place in the universe.
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# Soul & Soul singers
“Art is my religion.”
— Erykah Badu
African Americans
Actresses from the United States
Singer-songwriters from the United States
Women singers
Context: • Ziggy Stardust
• Source: Wikiquote: "David Bowie" (Song lyrics, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972))
• Source: Wikiquote: "David Bowie" (Song lyrics, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972))
“Ziggy played guitar.”
— David Bowie
Actors from England
Music producers from England
Pop singers
Rock singers
Context: • Last title displayed on the film.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Michael Jackson" (Quotes, This Is It (2009): Recordings shown on the film This Is It first published 26 October 2009 months after his death on 25 June 2009. Original dates he made the statements aren't known. The film was dedicated to Michael's three children, Prince Michael, Paris and Prince Michael II aka Blanket.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Michael Jackson" (Quotes, This Is It (2009): Recordings shown on the film This Is It first published 26 October 2009 months after his death on 25 June 2009. Original dates he made the statements aren't known. The film was dedicated to Michael's three children, Prince Michael, Paris and Prince Michael II aka Blanket.)
“"Love lives forever."”
— Michael Jackson
Singers from the United States
1958 births
2009 deaths
“Work hard, sleep less”
— Idris Elba
Singers from England
Songwriters from England
Soul singers
Context: • Last words as quoted by James Brown to Charles Bobbit, his longtime personal manager, just minutes before death on December 25 2006
• Source: Wikiquote: "James Brown" (Quotes)
• Source: Wikiquote: "James Brown" (Quotes)
“I'm going away tonight.”
— James Brown
Music producers from the United States
Composers from the United States
Activists from the United States
Civil rights activists# Soul & Pop singers
Context: • Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
• Source: Wikiquote: "Michael Jackson" (Song Lyrics, Thriller (1982))
• Source: Wikiquote: "Michael Jackson" (Song Lyrics, Thriller (1982))
“Mama se, Mama sa, Mama coo sa.”
— Michael Jackson
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Stevie Wonder" (Quotes)
“Most cassettes are afraid of me.”
— Stevie Wonder
Multi-instrumentalists
Organists from the United States
Pianists from the United StatesContext: • As quoted in Kobe Bryant - Michael Jackson 1958 - 2009 - TIME (October 27, 2022)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Michael Jackson" (Attributed)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Michael Jackson" (Attributed)
“Don't be afraid to be different.”
— Michael Jackson
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Context: • Broken Strings
• Source: Wikiquote: "James Morrison (singer)" (Song lyrics, Undiscovered (James Morrison album) (2006))
• Source: Wikiquote: "James Morrison (singer)" (Song lyrics, Undiscovered (James Morrison album) (2006))
“The truth hurts
and lie's worse.”
— James (singer) Morrison
Singer-songwriters from England
Guitarists from EnglandJ
Context: • Undiscovered
• Source: Wikiquote: "James Morrison (singer)" (Song lyrics, Undiscovered (James Morrison album) (2006))
• Source: Wikiquote: "James Morrison (singer)" (Song lyrics, Undiscovered (James Morrison album) (2006))
“Im not lost, no no, just undiscovered.”
— James (singer) Morrison
# Soul & Singer-songwriters from the United States
Context: • (in response to an audience member yelling "Tim Buckley." Jeff followed "fuck off" by adding, "the 60's are bullshit, the 70's almost big big bullshit, 80's... I don't even need to tell you, except for The Smiths maybe. Get out of it! Just get out of it! Shit's happening now, it's all about now, now now now. Bigger, faster, sweatier, skinnier, whiter, blacker, Gracer". Then Jeff goes into playing his song 'Grace'. )
• Source: Wikiquote: "Jeff Buckley" (Quotes, From Live in Chicago DVD)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Jeff Buckley" (Quotes, From Live in Chicago DVD)
“Fuck off! Just fuck off!”
— Jeff Buckley
Guitarists from the United States
Authors from the United States
1966 birthsU
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Selena" (Quotes, "Selena Live" Interview (1993): Rare "Selena Live" Interview 1993 - English)
“Anybody can be a role model, anybody can.”
— Unknown
1971 births
1995 deaths
Education activists
Context: • Pop Chronicles: Show 15 - The Soul Reformation I: A symposium on soul, interview recorded 1.2.1968.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Ray Charles" (Quotes)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Ray Charles" (Quotes)
“You gotta know how to get to people's heart”
— Ray Charles
1930 births
2004 deaths
American country singers
Gospel singers
Context: • "Sweet As Whole"
• Source: Wikiquote: "Sara Bareilles" (Lyrics:
All songs written by Bareilles unless otherwise noted., Once Upon Another Time (2012))
• Source: Wikiquote: "Sara Bareilles" (Lyrics:
All songs written by Bareilles unless otherwise noted., Once Upon Another Time (2012))
“Mean songs are still better than going postal”
— Sara Bareilles
Women guitarists
Context: • Doo Wop, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Lauryn Hill" (Quotes)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Lauryn Hill" (Quotes)
“How you gonna win when you ain't right within?”
— Lauryn Hill
1975 births
Living people# Soul & African Americans
“It feels so good to be happy.”
— Etta James
1938 births
2012 deathsContext: • Press statement (November 2003); quoted in "Michael Jackson Calls Child Molestation Charges 'Lies'" (8 December 2003) Jet
• Source: Wikiquote: "Michael Jackson" (Quotes, 2003)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Michael Jackson" (Quotes, 2003)
“Lies run sprints but the truth runs marathons.”
— Michael Jackson
Context: • Note: The two lines are from different parts of the film;the quotes were edited together on the trailer as "It's all for love, L.O.V.E."
• Source: Wikiquote: "Michael Jackson" (Quotes, This Is It (2009): Recordings shown on the film This Is It first published 26 October 2009 months after his death on 25 June 2009. Original dates he made the statements aren't known. The film was dedicated to Michael's three children, Prince Michael, Paris and Prince Michael II aka Blanket.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Michael Jackson" (Quotes, This Is It (2009): Recordings shown on the film This Is It first published 26 October 2009 months after his death on 25 June 2009. Original dates he made the statements aren't known. The film was dedicated to Michael's three children, Prince Michael, Paris and Prince Michael II aka Blanket.)
“"It's all for love... With the love, L.O.V.E."”
— Michael Jackson
Context: • Let's Get It On.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Marvin Gaye" (Song lyrics, Let's Get It On (1973))
• Source: Wikiquote: "Marvin Gaye" (Song lyrics, Let's Get It On (1973))
“Stop beatin round the bush,
Let's get it on.”
— Marvin Gaye
Anti-war activists
Drummers from the United States
Context: • p. 273
• Source: Wikiquote: "Tina Turner" (Quotes, 2010s, My Love Story (2018/19):
Tina Turner with Deborah Davis and Dominik Wichmann, My Love Story: The Autobiography (2019) )
• Source: Wikiquote: "Tina Turner" (Quotes, 2010s, My Love Story (2018/19):
Tina Turner with Deborah Davis and Dominik Wichmann, My Love Story: The Autobiography (2019) )
“My longest love affair has been with my audience.”
— Tina Turner
1939 births
2023 deaths# Soul & R&B singers
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Zayn Malik" (Quotes)
“"Before you judge someone else, judge yourself!"”
— Zayn Malik
R&B singers
Context: • On Chuck Berry, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/chuckberryhailhailrocknrollpgharrington_a0aa6d.htm
• Source: Wikiquote: "Little Richard" (Quotes)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Little Richard" (Quotes)
“His rhythm is the only one I can sing my songs to.”
— Little Richard
1932 birthsContext: • Uptight (Everything's Alright)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Stevie Wonder" (Song lyrics)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Stevie Wonder" (Song lyrics)
“Baby, everything is alright,
Uptight, outta sight!”
— Stevie Wonder
Context: • Said to Quincy Jones as quoted in The Arranger, an article in Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-arranger-20940901/
• Source: Wikiquote: "Ray Charles" (Quotes)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Ray Charles" (Quotes)
“Every music has its own soul, Quincy”
— Ray Charles
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Zayn Malik" (Quotes)
“(to Liam) "No, don't be sorry [for yourself].”
— Zayn Malik
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Soul Eater: Battle Resonance" (Maka Albarn)
“Why do men cheat?!”
— Unknown
Soul Eater“Art is my religion.”
— Erykah Badu
Context: • Ziggy Stardust
• Source: Wikiquote: "David Bowie" (Song lyrics, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972))
• Source: Wikiquote: "David Bowie" (Song lyrics, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972))
“Ziggy played guitar.”
— David Bowie
Context: • Last title displayed on the film.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Michael Jackson" (Quotes, This Is It (2009): Recordings shown on the film This Is It first published 26 October 2009 months after his death on 25 June 2009. Original dates he made the statements aren't known. The film was dedicated to Michael's three children, Prince Michael, Paris and Prince Michael II aka Blanket.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Michael Jackson" (Quotes, This Is It (2009): Recordings shown on the film This Is It first published 26 October 2009 months after his death on 25 June 2009. Original dates he made the statements aren't known. The film was dedicated to Michael's three children, Prince Michael, Paris and Prince Michael II aka Blanket.)
“"Love lives forever."”
— Michael Jackson
“Work hard, sleep less”
— Idris Elba
Context: • Last words as quoted by James Brown to Charles Bobbit, his longtime personal manager, just minutes before death on December 25 2006
• Source: Wikiquote: "James Brown" (Quotes)
• Source: Wikiquote: "James Brown" (Quotes)
“I'm going away tonight.”
— James Brown
Context: • (in response to an audience member yelling "Tim Buckley." Jeff followed "fuck off" by adding, "the 60's are bullshit, the 70's almost big big bullshit, 80's... I don't even need to tell you, except for The Smiths maybe. Get out of it! Just get out of it! Shit's happening now, it's all about now, now now now. Bigger, faster, sweatier, skinnier, whiter, blacker, Gracer". Then Jeff goes into playing his song 'Grace'. )
• Source: Wikiquote: "Jeff Buckley" (Quotes, From Live in Chicago DVD)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Jeff Buckley" (Quotes, From Live in Chicago DVD)
“Fuck off! Just fuck off!”
— Jeff Buckley
U
Context: • Alexander Pope, lines to Mrs. Grace Butler found in Sussex Garland. Nos. 9 and 10. Under Warminghurst. Attributed also to Charles Yorke.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Soul" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 736-40.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Soul" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 736-40.)
“Stript to the naked soul.”
— Unknown
ReligionU
Context: • Beaumont and Fletcher, The Maid's Tragedy (c. 1609; published 1619), Act IV, scene 1.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Soul" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 736-40.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Soul" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 736-40.)
“A soul as white as Heaven.”
— Unknown
“It feels so good to be happy.”
— Etta James
Context: • Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
• Source: Wikiquote: "Michael Jackson" (Song Lyrics, Thriller (1982))
• Source: Wikiquote: "Michael Jackson" (Song Lyrics, Thriller (1982))
“Mama se, Mama sa, Mama coo sa.”
— Michael Jackson
U
Context: • Leoben, (Battlestar Galactica, "Reimagining").
• Source: Wikiquote: "Soul" (Quotes, L)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Soul" (Quotes, L)
“I have a soul. I see patterns.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Alexander Pope, paraphrase of Emperor Hadrian's "Ode of the Dying Christian to His Soul." Also inspired by Sappho, Fragment. In Spectator (Nov. 15, 1711).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Soul" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 736-40.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Soul" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 736-40.)
“Vital spark of heav'nly flame!”
— Unknown
U
Context: • Charles Wesley, Hymn.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Soul" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 736-40.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Soul" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 736-40.)
“My soul is all an aching void.”
— Unknown
U
Context: • '''I am not my soul.
• St. Thomas Aquinas, Super I ad Corinthios, 15.2
• Source: Wikiquote: "Soul" (Quotes, A)
• St. Thomas Aquinas, Super I ad Corinthios, 15.2
• Source: Wikiquote: "Soul" (Quotes, A)
“Anima mea non sum ego.”
— Unknown
U
Context: • Psalms. CV. 18. In the Psalter.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Soul" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 736-40.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Soul" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 736-40.)
“The iron entered into his soul.”
— Unknown
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Stevie Wonder" (Quotes)
“Most cassettes are afraid of me.”
— Stevie Wonder
Context: • As quoted in Kobe Bryant - Michael Jackson 1958 - 2009 - TIME (October 27, 2022)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Michael Jackson" (Attributed)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Michael Jackson" (Attributed)
“Don't be afraid to be different.”
— Michael Jackson
U
Context: • William Booth as quoted in The Life of General Booth (1913) by Hulda Friedrichs
• Source: Wikiquote: "Soul" (Quotes, B)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Soul" (Quotes, B)
“Go for souls and go for the worst.”
— Unknown
U
Context: • Virginia Woolf, Between the Acts
• Source: Wikiquote: "Soul" (Quotes, W)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Soul" (Quotes, W)
“Books are the mirrors of the soul.”
— Unknown
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