Prejudice Is A Burden That

Whatever You Want To Do, If You Want To Be Great At It, You Have To Love It And Be Able To Make Sacrifices For It.

I Find In My Poetry And Prose The Rhythms And Imagery Of The Best - I Mean, When I'm At My Best - Of The Good Southern Black Preachers. The Lyricism Of The Spirituals And The Directness Of Gospel Songs And The Mystery Of Blues Are In My Music Or In My Poetry And Prose, Or I Missed Everything.

One Isn't Born With Courage. One Develops It By Doing Small Courageous Things.

Pretty Women Wonder Where My Secret Lies.

In So Many Ways, Segregation Shaped Me, And Education Liberated Me.