But Let Us Say He Was (guilty).

Don't Tell Me To Believe. Don't Tell Me To Believe In The Same God Or Laws That Men Believe In Who Commit These Murders. Don't Tell Me To Believe That God Can Bless This Country And That Men Are Judged By Their Peers. Who Among His Peers Judged Him? Was I There? Was The Minister There? Was Harry Williams There? Was Farrell Jarreau? Was My Aunt? Was Vivian? No, His Peers Did Not Judge Him, And I Will Not Believe.

I Have Learned As Much About Writing About My People By Listening To Blues And Jazz And Spirituals As I Have From Reading Novels. The Understatements In The Tenor Saxophone Of Lester Young, The Crystal, Haunting, Forever Searching Sounds Of John Coltrane, And The Softness And Violence Of Count Basie's Big Band - All Have Fired My Imagination As Much As Anything In Literature.

If I Were To Give One Piece Of Advice, I Would Say To Never Accept Anything That You Hear Or See At Face Value. As A General Rule Of Thumb, Then The More You Question, The Better.

Nietzsche Said Without Music, Life Would Be A Mistake. To Me, Without Books, Life Would Be A Mistake.

There Will Always Be Men Struggling To Change, And There Will Always Be Those Who Are Controlled By The Past.