Art Is Not For The Cultivated Taste.

The Only Way You Can Grow Is To Let Yourself Make Mistakes And Create Contradictions. As We Learn New Things, Some Of Our Old Attitudes Will Change.

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.

A Lot Is Yet To Be Enjoyed. I'd Like To Stomp Grapes For Wine. Go To Antarctica. Have Dinner With Venus Williams Who Is The Greatest Tennis Player Ever.

Who I Am Really Keeps Surprising Me.

The Poet Melvin B. Tolson Once Said "a Civilization Is Judged Only In Its Decline." That Made Sense To Me. I Would Imagine The Same Is True For Poets And Tennis Players.