Words Like Freedom There are words like Freedom Sweet and wonderful to say. On my heartstrings freedom sings All day everyday. There are words like Liberty That almost make me cry. If you had known what I know You would know why.

I asked you, baby, If you understood- You told me that you didn't, But you thought you would.

It has seemed to me that most people are generally good, in every race and in every country where I have been.

One of the great difficulties about being a member of a minority race is that so many kindhearted, well-meaning bores gather around to help.

Cheap little rhymes A cheap little tune Are sometimes as dangerous As a sliver of the moon.

There is no color line in art.

Folks, I'm telling you, birthing is hard and dying is mean- so get yourself a little loving in between.