Archie Roach
Australian singer, songwriter; Gunditjmara-Bundjalung storyteller
Archie Roach, AM (8 January 1956 – 30 July 2022) was an Australian musician.
Quotes
edit- You can reach the darkest point in our life and come back, and come good, even better.
- On his past suicide attempt and the high suicide rate amongst Aboriginal people in “Archie Roach: 'You can reach the darkest point in our life and come back, and come good'” in The Guardian (2019 Nov 6)
- People need to understand that as well, that some of the families, maybe a lot of the families: what they did [was] out of the goodness of their hearts, and out of love.
- On his adoptive parents being unaware that Roach was a stolen child in “Archie Roach: 'You can reach the darkest point in our life and come back, and come good'” in The Guardian (2019 Nov 6)
- You realise everybody suffers…I’m able to have that hope, you know. I’m able to hold on and see the light in the darkness.
- On avoiding bitterness despite a series of hardships in “Archie Roach on the healing power of song: 'Music was great therapy for me'” in The Guardian (2017 Feb 21)
- [Music] gives a lot of young people who can’t express themselves in any other way – which is probably why they’re in the youth justice system in the first place – it gives them a voice.
- On the effects of music on the younger generation in “Archie Roach on the healing power of song: 'Music was great therapy for me'” in The Guardian (2017 Feb 21)
