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I was a piano player before I was a poet.


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Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something.



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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.

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.

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.



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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.



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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.

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.

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





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