You Never Cared Enough To Be Black

The Way You Get To Know Yourself Is By The Expression On Other People's Faces.

Man Is A Complex Being: He Makes Deserts Bloom - And Lakes Die.

I Don't See Any Independent Position That I'm In; It's Rather Inter-dependent.

I Am A Black Man Dedicated To Expression; Expression Of The Joy And Pride Of Blackness. I Consider Myself Neither Poet, Composer, Or Musician. These Are Merely Tools Used By Sensitive Men To Carve Out A Piece Of Beauty Or Truth That They Hope May Lead To Peace And Salvation.

Paul Robeson Once Said That The Artist Has The Responsibility To Either Help Liberate The Community Or Further Oppress It. And I Think That When Eldridge Cleaver Wrote It Down It Was Interpreted As His, But There's A History Of People Saying Things Of That Nature And Meaning It. And What I Do Is In That Tradition, In That Mode.