The soul is part of the body. The mind is part of the body. When folks do physical violence to black people, to black bodies in this country, the soul as we construe it is damaged, too – the mind is damaged, too. – Ta-Nehisi Coates
No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve. – Thomas Carlyle
I want all that dirt and grime and life-sauce. A lot of my favorite old soul records have it, but you don’t hear it on country records anymore. – Sturgill Simpson