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MAYOR GAVIN NEWSON:
"Those who are outside entertaining, doing so in a respectful manner.
They have the right to do that, and we should embrace that as a society." |
 | FORMER MAYOR WILLIE BROWN: "These people are performing artists, and their venue just happens
to be the streets, and they're doing just an excellent job of making the streets of
San Francisco interesting by sharing their art." |
 | DR. JENNY MICHAEL (ethnic arts specialist):
"We don't have a lot of respect for performers on
the street as that context frames them, as a friend of mine says, "an odd sort of beggar." They
see themselves as unfound. They imagine themselves on the edge. [Performing on a stage in
front of an audience] lends them legitimacy and visibility. It lets people, who would not
ordinarily see them perform on the street, discover them." |
 | GEORGE J. SMITH lll (former Head of
the Office of Homelessness: "Its very different
than someone with a can and a sign out there versus people making beautiful music
basically earning everything that's given to them." |
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ALEX WHITE : "It's a ministerial tool that God uses to put his message on the street.
Hey, I'm proud to be a servant of God. And that's' real. That's real." |
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DANIEL HALL: to be added |
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RICK CLARK: to be added |
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LARRY GLENN : "To make an acappella group,
you have to have a certain blend, and we're just
lucky enough to have that blend; and if we do nothing else together, we can sing together.
It's just a gift, I guess, a gift from God it's what it is." |
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BOSCOE COLEMAN:
"I never went church or nothin', never was in a choir, never in a group, but many years ago when I first came to San Francisco,
I was homeless, and straight up that hill there's a church with a park across the street. I was sleepin' there with a big sleeping
bag and a blanket. I didn't have no radio, so I used to sing myself to sleep. One day, Dan walked by and came over and he said,
"I thought that was the radio." I said, "Man, it's just me." He decided I needed to sing with him and I said, "If he could get paid singin',
well I could sing as well, I thought, as him, but I've got different skills from him." And he basically introduced me to the group. I could
do harmony. I did it with my brothers, but I never sang in public." |
 | EARL GADSDEN: "Yes, BAY CITY LUV loves you.
We try to show that love with the music that we bring.
Your listening ear is a very good reason to sing. God bless you and thank you." |
