I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock'n roll.

Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry.

Well, I write a lot of poetry - that's where it usually all starts. I definitely want to show you guys sides of me - love, loss, heartbreak - all of that good stuff!

Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life.

For poetry there exists neither large countries nor small. Its domain is in the heart of all men.