Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics. – David Amram
We had common interests in the beauty of the French language. We both had a tremendous love of jazz. We shared dreams of getting married and having a family, living in the country, leading an idyllic life. – David Amram
Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of literarture. – David Amram
That is what I did with Jack, and thats why he liked to do the readings with me because he knew I was there for him, and for our ability to blend the poetry and the music. – David Amram
The quotation-business is booming. No subdivision of the culture seems too narrow to have a quotation book of its own…. It would be an understatement to say that these books lean on one another. To compare them is to stroll through a glorious jungle of incestuous mutual plagiarism. – James Gleick, 1993