In terms of writing, I think something happens to you, and you think, "Oh I'm going to write about that. That's an emotional event." But obviously, if you keep going, and it's something you do with regularity, you've got to find other ways to write.

You can't just be reactive to the things going on in your life. You have to imagine, and you have to plunder other people's work, books, poems, ideas, observations.

In the creative act, you kind of reach down and look for things that will, when put together, create an emotional effect.

I guess I'm just a heart-on-sleeve type of human being.

I don't know what I want, but I know what I don't want: I don't want to just repeat myself.

October's gold is dim — the forests rot, The weary rain falls ceaseless, while the day Is wrapped in damp.

That's what music is for me. It's a place to go to.