I've always had a love for poetry and when I got signed to a record label I thought, 'How odd that I'm doing a record before a book of poetry,'
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Everything on this record is what I really wanted to say, and I'm back to being the poet I always thought I was.
When I first got my record deal, I was like, 'I just want to sing,' and I never put much thought into what really goes into a record. But as I got older, I developed a passion for writing.
I have always written poetry but I have never applied it to songwriting.
Every record, you've got more experiences to draw on as a writer and a musician.
Some amazing records have this power to leave you with inspiration; you're left with the urge to write something. And some records are totally overwhelming, because they are so good, they burn the bridges behind them.
I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.
I'm a songwriter first.
I never thought of myself as a songwriter. I was just an artist writing songs, and they just happened to get placed.
All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together.
'Unknown Pleasures' is a very important record for me. It was the first LP that I recorded.
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