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Etheridge Knight quotes: To write a blues songis to regiment riotsand pluck gems from graves.

To write a blues song
is to regiment riots
and pluck gems from graves.

Etheridge Knight quotes: I boil my tears in a twisted spoonAnd dance like an angel on the point of a needle.

I boil my tears in a twisted spoon
And dance like an angel on the point of a needle.

Etheridge Knight quotes: I died in 1960 from a prison sentence and poetry brought me back to life.

I died in 1960 from a prison sentence and poetry brought me back to life.

Etheridge Knight quotes: You have to be telling people essentially "I love you," or you have no basis for your art.

You have to be telling people essentially "I love you," or you have no basis for your art.

Etheridge Knight quotes: Black Poets should livenot leapFrom steel bridges, like the white boys do.

Black Poets should live
not leap
From steel bridges, like the white boys do.

Etheridge Knight quotes: Love is a rock against the wind. Not soft like silk and lace.

Love is a rock against the wind. Not soft like silk and lace.

Etheridge Knight quotes: We dreamed of doing but could not bring ourselves to do.

We dreamed of doing but could not bring ourselves to do.

Etheridge Knight quotes: Let all Black Poets die as trumpets,And be buried in the dust of marching feet.

Let all Black Poets die as trumpets,
And be buried in the dust of marching feet.