I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness. – Allen Ginsberg
Nobody saves America by sniffing cocaine,
jiggling your knees blankly in the rain.
When it snows in your nose
you catch cold in your brain. – Allen Ginsberg
Poetry is not an expression of the party line. Its that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, thats what the poet does. – Allen Ginsberg
I really would like to stop working forever—never work again, never do anything like the kind of work I’m doing now—and do nothing but write poetry and have leisure to spend the day outdoors and go to museums and see friends…. Just a literary and quiet city-hermit existence. – Allen Ginsberg
I really only respect the Arab culture. I aint really trying to pay no attention to, ya know, these little people in political positions and executive positions that aint Arab culture oriented people because a lot of the times, what are you really showing all of this concern for? – Busta Rhymes