And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry.

Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.

If there's no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money.

I don't think it's always good to read lots of poetry.

The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think.