“I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. ”
“Tonight I'm happy. I will worry about tomorrow when tomorrow comes. But I'm getting there...”
“Oh, I can't talk to you the way I've wanted to; I've been tellin' lies but I'll tell you the truth.Darling, I'm tired and I should be leaving, leaving. You know I'm tired and I should be leaving, leaving tonight.”
“Mister, I ain't a boy, no I'm a man, and i believe in a promised land.”
“I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people.”
“We can never get to the Promised Land, for if we did, it would not longer be the Promised Land.”