Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.-

Everybody should take each other as they are, white, black, Indians, Creole. Then there would be no prejudice, nations would get along.

Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. And only poetry can be his resurrection.

Most musicians remain poor. But the music that they make, even if it does not bring them millions, gives millions of people happiness.

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

I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.

Life dosent frighten me at all.