My mother was a washerwoman - or a woman that cleaned houses in Texas... in Plano, Texas - who always loved poetry and always loved stories.

Before you go further, let me tell you what a poem brings, first, you must know the secret, there is no poem to speak of, it is a way to attain a life without boundaries.

A poem is a flexible thing, and a poem is a poem.

We can understand poetry from a billion - in a billion styles, experiment, tradition, combination, spice, meter, image. It's all there for the poet and for the listener and for all of us.

If I can only be known as one thing, then, well, I guess it would be poet and performer and teacher.

First grade was - I spoke only Spanish, and second grade - probably a bit more English. And by the time I hit third grade, I was learning, of course, much, much more English.

Poetry is a call to action, and it also is action.

Poetry can tell us about what's going on in our lives - not only our personal but our social and political lives.

I gave my voice to poetry.

The banner of the project is 'Casa de Colores.' Under that banner, I'm going to invite people to do a lot of good things. Perhaps working in groups, working on poetry.

That’s the problem with the world, ” he said. “You save it today, and tomorrow it’s gone and gotten itself into trouble all over again. It’s like a Kardashian.

Not a clue – and, no, I don’t touch drugs. The world’s unstable enough without scrambling your brain for kicks.

I fly through memory to find a newborn love.

Good things happen when you meet strangers.

It's difficult to change things in a positive way.

It is best never to have been born. But who among us has such luck? One in a million, perhaps.

We love our Hohne Pool. We never have had a problem. My neighbor has one too. We both enjoy them very much, completely happy. We're both very pleased.

But working with Dre, I grew up with his music, so I'm still like more a fan.

In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.

To examine oneself makes good use of sight.