[to Write Poems] I Think It's Important

Black Americans Should Be Given Credit For Finding Probably The Perfect Weapon; The Weapon Of The Song. And That Song Continues. Most Holocausts Don't, So They Have This Bitterness Left Over. The Phenomenon Of The World, As Far As Black Americans Are Considered, Is That We Are Not A Bitter People.

I Had A Really Nice Childhood; I Had Great Parents. I Earned My Allowance By Washing Dishes, And In The Summer I Earned My Allowance By Working In Daddy's Garden.

I Think It's The Strength Of Her Music, Using Art To Make A Statement. I Think It Really Is. It Was Not A Cheap Gift. The Gift Was An Expensive Gift For Nina [simone]. Diamonds Are Expensive. Her Music Was Expensive. She Paid For It, But I Think It's Her Greatest Gift.

I Think That Too Many Strangers Were In Her [nina Simone's] Life, And Not Enough People That She Knew And Loved.

I Would Put Books On Par With Chocolate, Because A Good Book Is Delicious.