Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.
A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.
I just want to work, and learn from people I respect and admire.
I love doing things that people don't expect.
I never have, but I would love to pick R. Kelly's brain.
I'd love to get played on the radio, but it just doesn't happen.
Love and pain become one in the same in the eyes of a wounded child.
I love getting dressed up.
I would love to record something with PJ Harvey or Alison Goldfrapp.
I absolutely love the Philharmonic. I also love rock guitar.
When you fall in love, you become weak.
The people who are teaching religion and not teaching love are missing the message.
I respect very much my public and also the music I perform.
Music as a social conduit has always been important to me.
My darlings, if I can't write dark, epic music, I can't live!
I finally wasn't interested in writing music that played while actors talked.
Yes, the audience is so important to Negro music, especially the element of call and response.
I always like to get local music when I'm in another country.
Nature has always been important to me. It has always been in my music.
I organized Sweet Honey In The Rock in 1973. The music was sanity and balance.
Some of the greatest blues music is some of the darkest music you've ever heard.
