Bulat Okudzhava Professions : Poet Born : May 9, 1924 Died : June 12, 1997 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Bulat Okudzhava The past is getting clearer and clearer Bulat Okudzhava past The composers hated me. The singers detested me. The guitarists were terrified by me. Bulat Okudzhava composer singers hated Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors