2000s, 2008, First Speech As London Mayor (May 3, 2008)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
1960s, I've Been to the Mountaintop (1968)
Context: Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation. And I want to thank God, once more, for allowing me to be here with you.
Kris Kristofferson (1936) American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and film actor
Help Me Make It Through the Night
Song lyrics, Kristofferson (1970)
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) American politician, 36th president of the United States (in office from 1963 to 1969)
1960s, Civil Rights Bill signing speech (1964)
Marvin Gaye (1939–1984) American singer-songwriter and musician
Sexual Healing.
Song lyrics, Midnight Love (1982)
“Dont speak of tomorrow. Let the music speak to us tonight, in a happier language than ours.”
Wilkie Collins book The Woman in White
Variant: Let the music speak to us of tonight, in a happier language than our own.
Source: The Woman in White
David Wright (1982) American baseball player
" <br class="br">quoted by the New York Post http://nypost.com/2017/09/07/david-wright-is-certain-about-what-hell-be-doing-next-season/
Mick Jagger (1943) British rock musician, member of The Rolling Stones
"Salt of the Earth" (co-written with Keith Richards) on the Rolling Stones' 1968 album Beggars Banquet (1968).
Lyrics
