I read, I painted, I didn't hate niggers.

Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.

I would trade all my tomorrow's for one single yesterday.

I'm one of those regular weird people.

You got to get it while you can.

I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen one and neither had I.

I started singing rhythmically, and now I'm learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it