I've cried, and you'd think I'd be better for it, but the sadness just sleeps, and it stays in my spine the rest of my life.

My favorite rhymes are sort of half-rhymes where you might just get the vowel sound the same, but it's not really a true rhyme. That gives you far more flexibility to capture the feeling you're trying to express. But sometimes it's best not to have any rhyme.

The drunk kids, the catholics They're all about the same They're waiting for something Hoping to be saved

As long as I can buy records and books and maybe some clothes, I'm pretty stoked. I don't need a yacht or anything.

I like the Alice in Wonderland sculpture in Central Park. I love how it's been rained on forever and looks worn down by time.

I need some meaning I can memorize. The kind I have always seems to slip my mind.

One of my favorite modern American authors is Denis Johnson. I'm deeply inspired by all of his work - I rip him off constantly.