I was in juvenile detention center, and I was in Rikers Island. And there was an anthology written by the inmates called 'The Pen,' and I - you know, I had a crush on a girl, and she left me… — Lemon Andersen Copy Share Image
For the last 15 years that I have been performing, all I ever wanted to do was transcend poetry to the world. See, it… — Lemon Andersen Copy Share Image
No one touches me when I write my story, unless I hire you to or I allow you to. — Lemon Andersen Copy Share Image
Music is a big influence in my work and sometimes drives the energy of where I want to go. — Lemon Andersen Copy Share Image
I talk to my kids about my mothers energy and how she would have loved them. I talk about how kind and polite my… — Lemon Andersen Copy Share Image
I live by the code 'Kill them with kindness, blood everywhere;' for me, it's always about being the nicest kind of guy. — Lemon Andersen Copy Share Image
I'm a half-breed. You know, I'm Puerto Rican and Norwegian from descent, and I grew up, born and raised in New York City, and… — Lemon Andersen Copy Share Image
I don't know, I think that if I had any regrets, that would cancel out the great people that I have in my life.… — Lemon Andersen Copy Share Image
[My] hunger and thirst was, and still remains: How do I get people who hate poetry to love me? — Lemon Andersen Copy Share Image
Work controls my life, writing controls my life, performing controls my life. — Lemon Andersen Copy Share Image
I was in juvenile detention center, and I was in Rikers Island. And there was an anthology written by the inmates called 'The Pen,'… — Lemon Andersen Copy Share Image
[I've] learned how to pull the mic away and attack the poetry with my body. — Lemon Andersen Copy Share Image
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