I don't suspect that in many instances the artists who are dedicated in that fashion to the progress of that community are as well protected by the community as might be necessary.

The first revolution is when you change your mind

Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and lakes die.

Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something.

America .. the international Jekyll and Hyde ... the land of a thousand disguises, sneaks up on you but rarely surprises

If someone comes to you and asks for help, and you can help them, you're supposed to help them. Why wouldn't you? You have been put in the position somehow to be able to help this person.

The way you get to know yourself is by the expressions on other people's faces, because that's the only thing that you can see, unless you carry a mirror about.

Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am.

The revolution will be no re-run brothers, The revolution will be live.

I don't mind being criticized. I enjoy being criticized personally, not by rumor.

A good poet feels what his community feels. Like if you stub your toe, the rest of your body hurts.

Family is not a career. It’s why you have a career. If you can’t be there for the big moments, then why are you doing it?

It surprised me that I was already using the past tense. People I knew. As if I didn't know them anymore.

He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."(on Ernest Hemingway

I was home schooled in high school but was definitely the nerd in middle school. I was in three academic clubs, a huge book worm, and the teacher's pet. I was kind of an easy target for bullies.

Reason can never be the absolute dictator of man's mental or moral economy.

The world is full of wonders that cannot be measured. That is why they are wonders.

the moods of sadness that come over anyone who takes up art... these dismal moods have very little compensation.

One must never have spared oneself, one must have acquired hardness as a habit to be cheerful and in good spirits in the midst of nothing but hard truths.

The only way on earth to multiply happiness is to divide it.

Worrying is like praying for something you don't want to happen.