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The strength of the poetry as we enter into whatever it is we are entering into, will be determined by the clarity of the thinking we put into it.

The strength of the poetry as we enter into whatever it is we are entering into, will be determined by the clarity of the thinking we put into it.

John Trudell
Thinking, Entering, Determined
"La Puerta, Taos: The Art of Fetching Sky". Book by Antoinette Nora Claypoole, 2009.

There are always very angry or very cruel people that attach to movements.

John Trudell
People, Movement, Angry
"Still confronting: Interview with John Trudell - Theory of the planted operative". Interview with Jose Barreiro, newsmaven.io. September 13, 2006.

There are a lot of people who want to give orders and be bossy that don't deserve respect.

John Trudell
Order, People, Giving
"Still confronting: Interview with John Trudell - Theory of the planted operative". Interview with Jose Barreiro, newsmaven.io. September 13, 2006.

As human beings, we're given intelligence. This is how we make our way through this reality, how we manifest our reality clearly and coherently.

John Trudell
Reality, Way, Given
Source: www.raintaxi.com

They’re called poems but in reality they’re lines given to me to hang on to

John Trudell
Reality, Lines, Given

We use our intelligence, our creative intelligence, because we create with intelligence.

John Trudell
Creative, Use, Creative Intelligence
Source: www.raintaxi.com

I've never not been pleased with one of my albums. I figure because it's spoken word, there will be people who relate to it, and people who don't, so I don't worry about any of that. I've been doing it for over twenty years. I've always written because it was something I had to do, never for the glory.

John Trudell
Years, People, Worry
Source: www.raintaxi.com

A lot of my writing is basically about observation, and things that I've seen, either through personal experiences or the experiences of people around me, or society at large.

John Trudell
Writing, People, Observation
Source: www.raintaxi.com

In the society of illusion, reality must manifest itself. The story songs of Joel Rafael are that manifestation... the essence of minstrel.

John Trudell
Song, Reality, Essence

Class is material consumed.

John Trudell
Class, Materials, Consumed
John Trudell (2010). “Lines from a Mined Mind (Large Print 16pt)”, p.145, ReadHowYouWant.com

I don't write as much now as I used to, but I write. The lines still come, maybe periodically, and I'll go through these little bursts of time where I write a lot of things then a long period of time where maybe I don't write anything. Or these lines will come into my head and I'll write 'em down in a little book, just little sets of lines, but I won't try to make stories or poems out of them. I'm doing a lot of that now, just the lines.

John Trudell
Book, Writing, Long

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