The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide.
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Nationality: American Type: Journalist Born: April 22, 1952 |
You get held to a high standard, almost an unmaintainable standard, in the public eye that you don't even come close to touching.
I think I had actually served my apprenticeship as a writer of fiction by writing all those songs. I had already been through phases of autobiographical or experimental stuff.

