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Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.

A really good poem is full of music.

I rarely listen to music while writing. I wish I could, but it distracts me.

And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping.

I always read poetry before I write, to sensitize me to the rhythms and music of language.

I don't write poems and put them to music. Just let things flow.

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

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

I don't want to bury anything in poetry.