I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of history if we think that the oral history of poetry is shorter than the written history of poetry. It's not true. Poetry has a longer oral tradition than it does written

I'm usually trying to get back into the dream or analyzing the dream. And yeah, the days, most days begin like that.

she stuck a bookmark in my heart and walked away

I think that good writing is based on good reading. Maybe it's not about writing today, maybe it's about reading today. Maybe it's about finding the sort of book you would never read.

What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves.

Some rather seek up high Than dig and grind that inner truth

I've always been inspired by a lot of work coming out of the UK