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Quote by Saul Williams
I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of histor

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

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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

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I was always making up rhymes. But I never thought that poetry would become my life. – Saul Williams

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Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity. – Walter Mosley

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If theres no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money. – Robert Graves

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