--- title: "7 Nikki Giovanni Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 7 Nikki Giovanni quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Nikki Giovanni sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/214/j-cole-2-3527_around-the-world_you-go-to-any-town-any-city-any-state-in_965158.jpg" --- > [You go to any town, any city, any state in America and there's always a McDonald's. In a lot of places around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-cole-2/you-go-to-any-town-any-city-any-state-in-america-and-there-s-always-a/) [J. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-cole-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/214/j-cole-2-3527_around-the-world_you-go-to-any-town-any-city-any-state-in_965158.jpg) > [I didn't even have to be a big fan of someone to enjoy hearing them speak. I remember when Nikki Giovanni came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-cole-2/i-didn-t-even-have-to-be-a-big-fan-of-someone-to-enjoy-hearing-them/) [J. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-cole-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/j-cole-2-3527_big-fan_i-didn-t-even-have-to-be-a-big-fan-of-so_1059360.jpg) > [I was inspired by, when I was in college, seeing some incredible speakers come to my school: Michael Eric Dyson, Spike Lee,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-cole-2/i-was-inspired-by-when-i-was-in-college-seeing-some-incredible/) [J. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-cole-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/j-cole-2-3527_college_i-was-inspired-by-when-i-was-in-college_1131251.jpg) > [Everything starts with writing. I heard Nikki Giovanni and was blown away. I just thought 'wow'; she was writing from a black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-scott/everything-starts-with-writing-i-heard-nikki-giovanni-and-was-blown/) [Jill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f9/jill-scott-1737_black_everything-starts-with-writing-i-heard-n_1605949.jpg) > [These are all direct quotes, except every time they use a curse word, I'm going to use the name of a famous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/these-are-all-direct-quotes-except-every-time-they-use-a-curse-word-i/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/200/john-green-12_advice_these-are-all-direct-quotes-except-every_2148739.jpg) > [I could hear music playing in the background of works by certain authors, like Poe and Shakespeare. And I discovered Nikki Giovanni…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-scott/i-could-hear-music-playing-in-the-background-of-works-by-certain/) [Jill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f1/jill-scott-1737_backgrounds_i-could-hear-music-playing-in-the-backgr_2280174.png) > [Nikki Giovanni! I got a book of hers from the library, and there was this woman who could paint me on paper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-scott/nikki-giovanni-i-got-a-book-of-hers-from-the-library-and-there-was/) [Jill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/jill-scott-1737_book_nikki-giovanni-i-got-a-book-of-hers-from_3084685.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nikki-giovanni/#itemlist", "name": "Nikki Giovanni Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You go to any town, any city, any state in America and there's always a McDonald's. In a lot of places around the world, it's almost the same thing. And Nikki Giovanni was like, \"Damn, where are we keeping all these cows?\" And it made me think to myself, like, \"Damn, where are we keeping all these cows?!\" It makes me think that the beef we're eating isn't even close to being real. There can't even be enough cows in the whole world just to sustain the appetites of just Americans! I'll always remember that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J. 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