I Am So Sick Of Reading About

As John Adams Said, All Democracies Will Eventually Self-destruct. We Seem To Be Doing It Very Quickly.

I Gave Up Language For A While, And I Started Painting.and Then I Only Listened To Miles Davis And Other Instrumental Music To See How It Felt To Be Without Words.

The Religion I Have Is Music. Even The Times I Have Headaches, When I'm Singing, I Can't Feel Them. My Dad Used To Say That, Too, Especially Near The End Of His Life. He Would Be In Pain - A Lot Of Pain - And He Said The Only Time When He Didn't Feel Pain Was When He Performed And Sang.

I Wanted To Be The Writer In The Room Setting Depth Charges Of Feeling Out The World With My Language.you Know, I Had A Very Romantic Idea About That.but I Grew Into Being A Performer.

Isn't That The Goal, As You Grow Older? That You Start Reclaiming Those Parts Of Yourself You Didn't Recognize Or Didn't Think Were There All Along? That's What Happened When I Made The River And The Thread Record.