I Guess When It Comes To This

As For [amiri] Baraka, He And I Have Disagreements. I Mean, He Becomes A Demagogue When There's An Audience. He's A Nice Guy In Private. I Mean I Like The Guy; He's A Terrific Writer. I've Published Two Of His Books. Baraka Is One Of These Fundamentalists Who Is Prone To Idol Worship.

Writing Has Made Me A Better Man. It Has Put Me In Contact With Those Fleeting Moments Which Prove The Existence.

Statistic: The Us Bureau Of Missing Persons Reports That In 1968 Over 100,000 People Disappeared Leaving No Solid Clues Nor Traceonly A Space In The Lives Of Their Friends.

There Would Be No Rock And Roll Without Ike Turner, James Brown, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Allen Toussaint, Etc. Fake Ghetto Books And Fake Ghetto Music. Elvis Presley, Whom They Idol, Is Merely A Karaoke Makeover Of James Brown And Chuck Berry.

I Don't Know Why People Always Compare Me [ With Amiri Baraka] I Was Never Part Of The Black Arts Repertory Theater Or The Black Arts Movement; People Who Claim That I Was Are Wrong. I Was Downtown. I Was Living In Chelsea When They Were Operating In Harlem.