"It's a completely powerful and serious book, as good as anything in prose or poetry written by a 'beat' writer, and one of the most alive books written by any American for years. I don't see how it could be considered immoral."

-- Robert Lowell

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“Generally, I find a lot to be grateful for.”
“I cannot allow a third party to decide on my country's future.”

Source : Source: www.slate.com
“It's all right to agree or disagree on the balanced budget amendment. It's all right to talk about how we're going to appropriate.”
“When you make a melody that doesn't come with words from the get-go, sometimes you're just thinking about random vowel sounds that go with it - and it's really, really hard to write lyrics that actually obey the vowel sounds.”

Source : "Dirty Projectors". Interview with Brandon Stosuy, pitchfork.com. July 2, 2012.
“At a time when pimpery, lick-spittlery, and picking the public's pocket are the order of the day - indeed, officially proclaimed as virtue - the poet must play the madcap to keep his balance. And ours.”
“If I walk in a home and a kid disrespects a woman, his mother or grandmother, then I am out... I wont recruit them”
“I have composed several pieces which are performed outdoors, not only in the auditoria.”
“It was natural to see the struggle for dignity for black people in America as a sister struggle of the Jewish struggle. So growing up, it was always a part of my breakfast cereal to think of myself as someone who was part of a larger struggle.”

Source : "Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. November 9, 2012.

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