From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. This week we note the death of maya angelou, the influential author, actress and activist was 76. Shes best known for her autobiography i know why the caged bird sings. She was a master of words who spoke several languages. In africa she taught drama, she danced and marched for civil rights with malcolm x and Martin Luther king. When the latter was assassinated on her 40th birthday, she was devastated. But first and foremost, she was a poet. Over the years she was a frequent guest on pbs. Her first appearance on my program came in 1993, after she recited her poem on the pulse of the morning at president clintons first inauguration. A rock, a river, a tree host to species long since departed mark the mastodon the dinosaur who left dried tokens of their sojourn here on our planet floor any broad alarm of their hastening doom is lost in the gloom of dust ages but today the rock cries out to us clearly forcefully come you may stand u
Hello, my darling girl no one had a voice like hers i was just calling to see, how is your heart . Talk about being a word smith, everyone else would ask how youre doing, you would say, im fine, great. How is your heart. I said, no one ever asked me that. She said, im sure not. Charlie we concludes this evening with one of the legends of hiphop, nasir jones, known as nas. People hear the music and think i glorify something negative, and they might be so inspired. They may hear a song thats so raw to them that thats all they hear is the negative side, so i had to show them the difference. Im a musician, you know. So never get caught up in the street tales we tell and never let it become you and never let that be what defines you. Just because im from the projects doesnt mean im negative, you know. Charlie an appreciation of maya angelou, and nas, when we continue. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Charlie this week, we n
Had a voice like hers i was just calling to see, how is your heart . Talk about being a word smith, everyone else would ask how youre doing, you would say, im fine, great. How is your heart. I said, no one ever asked me that. She said, im sure not. Charlie we concludes this evening with one of the legends of hiphop, nasir jones, known as nas. People hear the music and think i glorify something negative, and they might be so inspired. They may hear a song thats so raw to them that thats all they hear is the negative side, so i had to show them the difference. Im a musician, you know. So never get caught up in the street tales we tell and never let it become you and never let that be what defines you. Just because im from the projects doesnt mean im negative, you know. Charlie an appreciation of maya angelou, and nas, when we continue. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Charlie this week, we note the death of maya angelou,