Everybody has their own idea of what's a poet. Robert Frost, President Johnson, T.S.Eliot, Rudolf Valentino - they're all poets. I like to think of myself as the one who carries the light bulb.

I met a young man who was wounded in love, I met another man who was wounded in hatred.

My favorite politician was Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, who reminded me of Tom Mix, and there wasn't any way to explain that to anybody.

Who am I helping, what am I breaking, what am I giving, what am I taking?

I've always been the kind of person that doesn't like to trespass, but sometimes you just find yourself over the line.

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

I realize I don't do a very good job in keeping up to date, but I try to.