Buffy Sainte-Marie

“The big awards are just another layer of the onion. It's great, but it's not the core of what you do.”

“Education is the new buffalo.”

“The cradleboard is a teaching tool. It's about love, and it's about life.”

“I was blacklisted because I was addressing the Native American issues.”

“Songwriting is a very solitary thing.”

“I’m an artist, and I’ve always been an artist. And I’ve always had a social conscience.”

“My head is full of questions and my heart is full of songs.”

“I just try to write what I see.”

“It's a long, long road to justice.”

“You can't buy back a conscience.”

“We have to make room for other people's truths.”

“I'm not a politician. I'm a singer.”

“I think that we have to be optimistic. We have to be hopeful.”

“Power in the blood, power in the land, power in the hands of the people.”

“I’ve always been on the side of the underdog. For me, it’s a matter of justice.”