I am honestly not sure how capable I am of love. And I'm not sure why.

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.

I could not love thee, Dear, so much, Loved I not Honour more.

Perspective gets lost in moral certainties. Which only means that no one was ever burned at the stake by a doubter.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace.

I feel like trouble has followed me from the day I was born.

It seems to me everything Shakespeare did was political.

Hold yourselves accountable before you are held accountable.

I love being part of poetry conversations. I love talking about what I've read.

I draw no petty social lines. A man to me is a man, wherever I find him.

Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge - it is as immortal as the heart of man.

My mom worked at [American] Vogue before I was born. She has always been fashion-minded. I grew up with original Yves Saint Laurent sketches on the wall in our house. A lot of that rubbed off on me.