Archie Roach

thumb|Archie Roach (2011) Archie Roach, AM (8 January 1956 – 30 July 2022) was an Australian musician. Quotes 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) External links Category:1956 births Category:2022 deaths Category:Singer-songwriters from Australia Category:Guitarists from Australia Category:Autobiographers Category:People from Victoria