It's logical that people from bad times will reflect their feelings in their communication. Music is part of the communication. If you lived it, you can do it.

You've got to learn to leave the table When love's no longer being served".

I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.

What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.

You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.

Life is short. People are not easy to know. They're not easy to know, so if you don't tell them how you feel, you're not going to get anywhere, I feel.

You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.

Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you.

How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to express it

There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.

Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking.

Being human complicates things.

Intuition is the gentle hand of divine love.

He wants you for parts.

If the generous ideas of youth are too often over- clouded by the sordid views of after-life, that scarcely proves them to be false

In high school, my goal was to be a writer for SNL, then I got into the acting.

What was your greatest challenge? Staying alive as a business, staying ahead of the game, and melding my business life with my personal life.

[At a young age] I had learned enough about women to know not to pressure them when they're thinking something out; they'll tell you when they're ready.

He was like me - a kindred spirit crazy enough to keep on trying.

I alone know I am wise because I alone know I know nothing.

My Muse sits forlorn She wishes she had not been born She sits in the cold No word she says is ever told.