From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us.

I wanted to be an inventor, whatever I thought that meant then. I guess I was thinking of Edison or maybe James Watt. Or maybe even Newton.

From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us.

My way of thinking is very particular and concrete. It doesn't follow a continuous path.

Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing and saying.

For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for a commonplace melodic setting.

You pay your money, you take your choice. I get the audience my language attracts and I lose the ones it repels.