"I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet."

"Former lefties can make a good living in the media by attacking their ex-comrades - I'd do it myself if the price was right."

"One of the abiding mysteries of my life is the fact that lipstick disappears from my mouth five minutes after I put it on. I’m in awe of women who are always––always––lipstick intact, even during and …"

"What is my ruling faculty now to me? and of what nature am I now making it? and for what purpose am I now using it? is it void of understanding? is it loosed and rent asunder from social life? is it m…"

"There have always been poor and working classes; and the working class have mostly been poor. But there have not always been workers and poor people living under conditions as they are today."