The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things.

Anything I can sing, I call a song. Anything I can't sing, I call a poem.

At certain times I read a lot of poetry. My favorite poets are Shelley and Keats. Rimbaud is so identifiable. Lord Byron. I don't know. Lately if I read poems, it's like I can always hear the guitar. Even with Shakespeare's sonnets I can hear a melody because it's all broken up into timed phrases so I hear it. I always keep thinking, 'What kind of song would this be?'

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

Time to live, time to lie, time to laugh, and time to die. Take it easy baby. Take it as it comes.

My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.