More people than ever are slowly but surely turning their ears toward poetry. – Saul Williams
I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of history if we think that the oral history of poetry is shorter than the written history of poetry. Its not true. Poetry has a longer oral tradition than it does written. – Saul Williams
Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party it is also there to elevate consciousness. – Saul Williams
Why shouldnt rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess its this old idea of containment – that rappers, because theyre black, cant and shouldnt aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence. – Saul Williams
I mean, why am I considered an it girl? Because Im in a lot of movies right now or am on the covers of magazines? I just hope there is something solid behind that. Because heres the thing with it girl status. Its great and amazing that anybody is saying that at all. But how long does that last? – Amanda Seyfried