“We had common interests in the beauty of the French language. We both had a tremendous love of jazz. We shared dreams of getting married and having a family, living in the country, leading an idyllic life.”
“Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of literarture.”
“Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics.”
“That is what I did with Jack, and that's why he liked to do the readings with me because he knew I was there for him, and for our ability to blend the poetry and the music.”