For A Writer It's A Dream To

I Think The First Time I Really Heard Poetry Was In The Schoolyard. Just The Little Limericks That Kids Say When They're Jumping Rope And Playing Games. I Think That's The First Time I Heard Rhyming Words - I Don't Know If I'd Call That The Definitive Poetry, But That's When I Heard Rhyming Words Said And Not Necessarily Sung.

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.'

Just Because You Have A Nightmare Doesn't Mean You Stop Dreaming.

There's A High School In Camden, New Jersey, I Call The Jill Scott School. It's The Camden Creative Arts High School. Those Teachers And Kids Are So Passionate About What They Do, And 98 Percent Of The Senior Class Went On To College.

Saturday Night Live Is A Show That I Think I Could Have A Lot Of Fun On, Just Being Different Characters And Maybe Singing, Too.