Everybody has their own idea of what's a poet. Robert Frost, President Johnson, T.S.Eliot, Rudolf Valentino - they're all poets. I like to think of myself as the one who carries the light bulb.

You got men who can't hold peace and women who can't control their tongues. The rich seduce the poor, and the old seduce the young.

It's not important what other people call you. If you yourself know you're a fake, that's tougher to live with.

One should never be where one does not belong.

The walls of pride are high and wide, can't see over to the other side.

let me forget about today until tomorrow

The first thing I know, I'm in a card game. Then I'm in a crap game.