You Owe It To Yourself To Live

There Are Black Marriages That Are Still Going Strong 40 Years Later. You Hear So Many Myths That There Aren't Any People Making It, But There Are. As Long As There Are Some, There's Hope.

I've Been Around The World And I've Had Bras Made In Different Places, And Each Time I'm Experiencing The Same Troubles: The Painful Shoulders, The Underwire Cutting Into My Flesh.

I've Been Reading Poetry Publicly For 20 Years, And This Is What You Do - You Express, You Sometimes Dig A Bit To Get A Conversation Started. That's The Point Of Poetry. You're Supposed To Go, 'hmmmm,' And 'woooh!'

I Don't Want To Force Anything On Anyone. I'm Not Trying To Bust You Over The Head And Make You Buy This Record Or This Song Or Whatever. I'm Presenting It To You So You Can Take It In. You Know, It's Like Trying To Force A Kid To Eat Broccoli. If I Present It As Trees That Make Your Muscles Grow, My Son Is Like, 'i'm Down With Getting Muscles.'

I Think Every Individual Has His Or Her Own Power, And It's A Matter Of Working, Taking Time And Defining What That Power Is.