Lord, I have loved Your sky,Be it said against or for me,Have loved it clear and high,Or low and stormy.

The more time and devotion one spends in the worship of false gods, the less he is able to spend in that of the True One.

Men of real talents in Arms have commonly approved themselves patrons of the liberal arts and friends to the poets, of their own as well as former times. In some instances by acting reciprocally, heroes have made poets, and poets heroes.

Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.

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?'

Money degrades all the gods of man and converts them into commodities.