An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.

America never was America to me And yet I swear this oath - America will be!

Life is a big sea full of many fish. I let down my nets and pulled. I'm still pulling.

Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.

Politics in any country in the world is dangerous. For the poet, politics in any country had better be disguised as poetry. Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. And only poetry can be his resurrection.

Harriet Tubman lived to see the harvest.

Wear it Like a banner For the proud? Not like a shroud.