There's one of my new poems actually - is a good example of where my poetry has ended up. My earlier river poetry was more like a cross between Shelley and Dylan Thomas.

I was kind of an outcast in school 'cause I always kept to myself and was writing poetry and then going on tour with my brother band all the time, so kids didn't know what to make of me.

I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation.

I used to joke that if acting didn't work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback.

Literature is a state of culture, poetry is a state of grace, before and after culture.