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" Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. "

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" I'm so happy to be an advocate for poetry. "

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" Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose. "

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" Publishing the lyric books, poetry or comics of other musicians I know. That's the thing I really want to break into! "

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" To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ears. "

" Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft. "

" A play is basically a long, formalistic polemic. You can write it without the poetry, and if you do, you may have a pretty good play. We know this because we see plays in translation. Not many people speak Norwegian or Danish or whatever guys like Ibsen spoke, or Russian - yet we understand Chekhov and the others. "

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" Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. "

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" The music just tends to be a vehicle for that poetry. "

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" Bleak House is just the most astounding piece of work. There's huge, visionary poetry in it. "

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