Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream – they go together. – Nikki Giovanni
I really dont think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I dont mind the failure but I cant imagine that Id forgive myself if I didnt try. – Nikki Giovanni
I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People have so much to give and so far to go and yet we have given and gone a great distance. Its really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me. – Nikki Giovanni
its a sex object if youre pretty and no love or love and no sex if youre fat – Nikki Giovanni