Womenfolk raised me and I was full-grown before I knew I came from a broken home

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.

The small word, “No.” I’d see its deity.

I write slowly. I actually write quickly, but I throw out so much material.

I'm feeling pretty fortunate. I've been having lots of lovely auditions and meetings, so I'm savoring the moment.

If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs, "The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies." While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely, Crying to the moo-oo-oon, "If only, If only.

What fun is life without a bit of showing off?

I've always had the utmost respect and awe of what the lens can do and what a director can do with just a camera move.

They usually have two tellers in my local bank, except when it's very busy, when they have one.

I'm the guy doing calisthenics. I'm doing jumping jacks and deep knee bends. I work out like a British person.

Some of the gold possessed by the Romans is doubtless mixed with what we now possess; and some small part of it will be handed down as long as the human race exists.

Life isn’t a music player where you choose whats being played, it is a radio where you have to enjoy whats being played.