It's because it was at a time when women didn't have any power. It was so unusual for a young woman in her 20s to have power that I seized the power but tried not to flaunt it.
With my first book, 'A Letter to a Young Brother,' I figured it would be my only book I was ever going to write. What happened with that is a lot of young men would reach out to me.
I think that we, as the African-American men in hip-hop, we have a greater responsibly because we have the ears of so many millions of our young people. And they listenin'.
My mom came to the U.S. very young, and then she married very young. But she was never American. She was always Scottish and would make sure that I knew that I was, too.
I did say that I wanted to be a young mom, just because my mom was a young mom. It is better because I can be closer to my kids and stuff.
Politicians are easy to attack, but frankly, we are all guilty of not meeting the needs of Africa's young people properly.
I think it is interesting to think about the absolute animal relish young people have for rhythm and rhyme.
Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because life is sweet and they are growing.
With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write about.
If only they could stay young & beautifull like most of them desire, then we would probably stay young too
It became much more complicated politically to work with psychedelics because of the unsupervised experimentation with psychedelics, particularly among young people.
After the war, once the bop revolution had taken hold, there were all kinds of young musicians, talented young musicians, who were ready for this fusion of classical and jazz.
Lester Burnham: Man, oh man. Man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man. [last words, while looking at a picture of his family]
A blind man needs no looking glass.
When a rich man wants children, he gets dollars, when a poor man wants dollars, he gets children.
A man is always a little shamefaced on his wedding day, like a fox caught in a baited trap, ensnared because his greed overcame his better judgment. The menfolk laughed at Charlie that spring day, and said he was caught for sure now. As the bride, I ...
[last lines] Voice of Adso as an Old Man: I have never regretted my decision, for I learned from my master much that was wise and good and true. When at last we parted company, he presented me with his eyeglasses. I was still young - he said - but so...
If a young woman says no to marriage just wait until her breasts sag.
Even the devil's grandmother was a nice girl when she was young.
To serve our elders is a duty, our equals it is polite, but serving the young is humiliating.
If you marry a young woman, make sure your friends stay outside.
