I stand above the tree level I am a tree I catch wind storm breaths My branches claw I drink sky It stretches me I don't care I catch jokes and luck from tall thin blue air

Poetry is priceless.... a way of keeping yourself feeling rich and civilized even when you're quite poor.

Strike deep, divide us from cheap-got doubt, Leap, leap between us and the easy out; Teach us to seize, to use, to sleep well, to let go; Let our loves, freed in us, gaudy and graceful, grow.

great books are the ones we need

I don't write all my stuff. Everybody always thinks that. But in just about every album I've ever had has been about 50-50 songs I've written or co-written and other people's songs.

First rule about vampires, don't believe anything you read.

A reproach can only hurt if it hits the mark. Whoever knows that he does not deserve a reproach can treat it with contempt.

I'm not the cruel type, but they are, and that's the secret.

The poorer children were, to her mind, often better behaved, less whiny, more creative in making use of their own time, and have a well-developed sense of independence.

The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them.

Children do not constitute anyone's property: they are neither the property of their parents nor even of society. They belong only to their own future freedom.

I'm on fire when I'm singing, I'm completely in character, I use my sense memories, and every syllable of it is meant. It's a very special thing.

He that dies this year is quit for the next.