Words and music by Curtis Mayfield (The Impressions), 1964, (adaptation by the Chicago Movement, 1966)

There's a rock and roll group called The Impressions and we call them 'movement fellows' and we try to sing a lot of their songs. Songs like Keep on Pushing, I Been Trying, I'm So Proud, It's Gonna be a Long Long Winter, People Get Ready, There's a Meeting Over Yonder really speak to the situation a lot of us find ourselves in. One song that has really become kind of a favorite with us especially when we got a lot of mean folks around is 'Never Too Much Love'"

Jimmy Collier

"Now one thing we try to do with this song is to get people to make up verses. You'd be surprised what kind of verses come from people who don't consider themselves songwriters or singers... Some people don't even consider themselves people."

from Sing for Freedom - The Story of the Civil Rights Movement through its songs. Edited and compiled by Guy and Candie Carawan.