“I once walked to school in my underpants and a soggy shoe because my shoe flew off into the river when I tried kicking a ball. My brother retrieved it, but then demanded my trousers, because his were soaked.”

“My shoe is off. My foot is cold. I have a bird I like to hold.”

“I'd much prefer my books to shoes… In the summer I sometimes take walks without shoes but never without a novel.”

“Shoes. I like shoes a lot. My favorite are these Tory Burch boots that I have on. But my favorite shoes to buy are Converse shoes. I have probably every color of Converse shoes known to man.”

“I feel the need to be naked with you.
Take off my pants, my shirt, my socks and my shoes.
I need to be naked with you.”

“My shoes are clean from walking in the rain.”

“I’ve never wanted to fit in Abbaji’s shoes and am happy to walk in my own. My father made it categorically clear even when my brothers or me performed with him. “I don’t expect my sons to be me because what I’m doing is already done. They’ve to be better than me,” he’d say. “Photocopies are eventually consigned to the dust bin and only originals preserved.”

“Louisiana rain now is falling just like tears.
Running down my face washing out the years.
Louisiana rain is soaking through my shoes.
I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge.”

“My father walked to school 4 o'clock every morning with no shoes on, uphill, both ways, in 5 feet of snow and he was thankful.”

“When I retire, I'll get Ricky Hatton to wash my clothes and cut my lawn and buckle my shoes.”