I write while I'm walking, on little scraps of paper. If I have a melody going, I can feel it for days. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes day feel melody
I've worked throughout California as a poet: in colleges, universities, worker camps, migrant education offices, continuation high schools, juvenile halls, prisons, and gifted classrooms. Juan Felipe Herrera californiacampclassroom Change image and share on social
As a boy, I felt ashamed of being Mexican. I'd say I was Hawaiian. Juan Felipe Herrera ashamedboyfelt Change image and share on social
Perhaps, like the way these leaves spread out and the way they curl in many directions and how they have many features, I think that's how my road has been. Juan Felipe Herrera curldirectionfeature Change image and share on social
You make your first album, you make some money, and you feel like you still have to show face, like 'I still go to the projects.' I'm like, why? Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out. You grew up there. What makes you think it's so cool? Jay-Z albumcoolface share on social
So I write melodies - thirty, forty, fifty - then I cast them off until I have just two or three. If only one is needed, I go see the director and ask him to decide. Michel Legrand castdecidedirector Change image and share on social
Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process. Bruce Babbitt agoamericancongratulate Change image and share on social