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I Used To Think I Was Poor. Then They Told Me I Was Not Poor, I Was Needy. They Told Me It Was Self-defeating To Think Of Myself As Needy, I Was Deprived. Then They Told Me Underprivileged Was Overused. I Was Disadvantaged. I Still Do Not Have A Dime But I Have A Great Vocabulary.

That Was Exciting To Be Able To Comment On Civil Rights. I Mean, The Civil Rights Movement That Young People Don't Know About Today, But Martin Luther King Was Considered By The Establishment Press In The Early Years Of The Sit-in Movement As A Dangerous Man, And He Was The Equivalent At That Time As Malcolm X. And He Was Told To Stop His Demonstrations; They Were Against The Law And All Of That. Now That He's Sainted And Sanctified We've Forgotten.

There's Some Brain Damage, But It May Be That Very Brain Damage That Allows Me To Do The Work I Do.

Whatever New York Loses, If You Go To Other Cities Around The World, Or Around The Country, New York Still Has A Kind Of Energy Level You Find Nowhere Else. Paris Doesn't Have It, London Doesn't Have It, San Francisco, A Great City, Doesn't Have It.

Good Swiping Is An Art In Itself.