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Poetry, just because it is poetry, doesn't mean it is some kind of magic spell.

A word is an arbitrary label - that's the foundation of linguistics. But many people think otherwise. They believe in word magic: that uttering a spell, incantation, curse, or prayer can change the world. Don't snicker: Would you ever say, 'Nothing has gone wrong yet' without looking for wood to knock?

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.

When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later.

Music is the strongest form of magic.

In poetry, everything can be faked but the intensity of utterance.

Ultimately, words are only words, and its only the music that stands by itself.

Words are illusions.

Poetry and lyrics are very similar. Making words bounce off a page.

Words are just words.