The body is the one thing you can't fake; it's just got to be there.

What you have to realize when you write poetry, or if you love poetry, is that poetry is just naturally the greatest god damn thing that ever was in the whole universe

I want you to hear a new version of Dueling Banjos. Anyone else is welcome.

A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.

Flight is the only truly new sensation than men have achieved in modern history.

I want a fever, in poetry: a fever, and tranquillity.

There are so many selves in everybody, and just to explore and exploit one is wrong, dead wrong, for the creative person.

I once had the nerve to ask Picasso the question, 'What is art?' He answered, 'Art is a lie which makes us see the truth.

I don’t believe that a reviewer or a critic can really criticize well unless he can praise well.

To be precise and reckless: that is the consummation devoutly to be wished.

Poetry makes possible the deepest kind of personal possession of the world.

Every change, those subtle-slow, and those drastically sudden, has brought me into myself.

I'm always sketchy of people who don't like grits.

Costume jewelry is not made to give women an aura of wealth, but to make them beautifu

It's sundown on the union And what's made in the USA Sure was a good idea 'Til greed got in the way.

I have been loved,' she said, 'by something strange, and it has forgotten me.

Once you've got a bull terrier, you never want another dog. I've got six bull terriers, a rottweiler and a bulldog.

I don't deal well with admiration if it's for something I haven't done. Other than exist.

No no, we ALL teach each other, whether it's dancing, whether it's singing, whether it's talking, we all listen to each other. That's progress.

I believe in God big time and I'm proud to say I believe in God.

Every time passionate people fail, they are convinced that they are simply one step closer to fulfilling their dream.