"Some cats are blind and stone deafdeaf some. But ain't no cat wuz ever dumb."

“And to have spent the night sleeping and awoken regretful, is better than to have spent the night standing (in prayer) and awaken impressed with oneself!”

“People who don't take care of their drums really annoy me.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I really hate the duties of being a celebrity, like getting dressed up for the red carpet.”

“Rain is a blessing when it falls gently on parched fields, turning the earth green, causing the birds to sing.”

Source : Donald Worster (1994). “The Wealth of Nature: Environmental History and the Ecological Imagination”, p.84, Oxford University Press

“Jimi Hendrix could play better than our best guys and he did it while he was dancing while being completely outrageous.”

“Everyone thinks they can write a play; you just write down what happened to you. But the art of it is drawing from all the moments of your life.”

Source : New York Times, March 24, 1985.

“Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.”

“A poet is not something you become; a poet is something you are.”