Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged... - Langston Hughes

"An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose."

"Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it."

"Though you may hear me holler,And you may see me cry--I'll be dogged, sweet baby,If you gonna see me die."

"Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows,Help us to seeThat without the dust the rainbowWould not be."

"I went down to the river,I set down on the bank.I tried to think but couldn't,So I jumped in and sank."