Publishing the lyric books, poetry or comics of other musicians I know. That's the thing I really want to break into! Use this quote
Poetry says the things that I can't say. I read a lot, but I never write it. Use this quote
I thought we were gonna open up the world of poetry and music to all kinds of things, and yet, I can't really think of anyone who's done anything like it since. Use this quote
Romance like a ghost escapes touching; it is always where you are not, not where you are. The interview or conversation was prose at the time, but it is poetry in the memory. Use this quote
I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not part of the cultural mainstream. Use this quote
But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way. Use this quote
I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in a hostile world. Use this quote
I found that it wasn't so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they're kindred spirits. Use this quote
If a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act. Use this quote
Poetry is fascinating. As soon as it begins the poetry has changed the thing into something extra, and somehow prose can go over into poetry. Use this quote
If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger. Use this quote
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth. Use this quote
Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding. Use this quote
It should here be added that poetry habitually takes the form of verse. Use this quote
Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things. Use this quote
Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O'Hare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it. Use this quote
I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry. Use this quote
Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness. Use this quote
Now I think poetry will save nothing from oblivion, but I keep writing about the ordinary because for me it's the home of the extraordinary, the only home. Use this quote
Why should poetry have to make sense? Use this quote
