Don't be so fast, you're all you've got.

I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive.

Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure.

To practice your scales, so to speak, in order play the symphony, is what you have to do as a young poet.

For many years, I thought a poem was a whisper overheard, not an aria heard.

I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic creativity. It doesn't mean they're going to make it.

We should always do something that makes us feel like a child again. Keep learning, no matter what it is.