I was 15 when I first became deeply touched by the rhythm and structure of words.

There's a deep tribal aspect to my own nature. So when I'm in contact with those deep resources, of course I feel a very special kind of nourishment.

Most of the time one is discouraged by the work, but now and again by some grace something stands out and invites you to work on it, to elaborate it or animate it in some way. It's a mysterious process.

ordinary eternal machinery, like the grinding of the stars

We all need that experience of forgetting who you are. Forgetting who you are is such a delicious experience and so frightening that we're in this conflicted predicament.

Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm

Music is the emotional life of the most people.