i gave oprah, dege , and other -- ellen degeneres, and other people - it changed their lives and theypread the word. it's an important tool. making poetry and comedy and art successful is good. making art is a great accomplishment. >> you add vo kated that, and the importance in schools. in tv schools they spend money on arts. kids do better in maths and social studies. are you disappointed at where the music industry has gone over the past 30 years. >> if 60 kids cap be shot in a weekend in chicago, and doesn't make the news feed, an artist can talk about it. sad realities can be reflected through poetry. and the truth. people don't like sexual content, thinking it sexual, racist homophobic. the racists are not as racists areas that are parents. i don't feel that a poet should be stiffled. they say things you don't like, you think "oh, my god how can they say this." a man thinks about sex every 11 seconds. >> i know it's been argued. okay, 20 seconds. >> why can't an artist sipping about it? his job is to express what is on the mind of people. >> there's a question of whether it goes