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"The Upper Bohemia people wore tuxedos in an art gallery, and Lower Bohemia was all of us."
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"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."
"In a jazz atmosphere, the audience members were so quiet and respectful of the musicians that you felt you were almost part of a meeting at a church or a temple, where everyone was completely in tune with the sermon and what the whole event was about."
"We met with the poet Frank O'Hara, who was a link between Upper and Lower Bohemia, and who worked at the Museum of Modern Art, where we had hoped to do the readings."
"Even before he had one book published, Jack was one of those people you could feel was very special."
"When today's generation reads Jack's books or they listen to the music created by some of us, I believe that they see there is a different way of approaching today's life and today's sometimes seeming hopelessness that can provide answers."
"I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young people to create their own art, music, and literature."
"That is the way a great master carpenter feels, or an architect or composer or anyone who creates anything - people want to be appreciated for what they have done."
"Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of literarture."
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