UNITED STATES - JANUARY 01: Photo of Curtis MAYFIELD; Curtis Mayfield. New York 1973, (Photo by David Reed/Redferns)

Curtis Mayfield

“With all respect, I’m sure that we have enough preachers in the world. Through my way of writing, I was capable of being able to say these things and yet not make a person feel as though they’re being preached at.”–Curtis Mayfield