My actual intake of different substances was far below what people thought it was, no matter how weird or outrageous they think I am.
“But I must own that I also felt stirred by an unselfish desire to voice all the joys and sorrows, the hopes and ambitions, of the American Negro, in classic musical form.”
“I've never had any religion. I'd prefer it if I did, really. Even as a boy I just couldn't make myself believe.”