I Wanted To Go To Portland Because

These Are The Times, The Times Of Our Own, These Are The Shapes The World We Formed.

I Immersed Myself In Books And Rock 'n' Roll, The Adolescent Salvation.

It Was No Hardship To Me To Spend Long Hours Reading And Writing.

Within That Moment Was Trust, Compassion, And Our Mutual Sense Of Irony. He Was Carrying Death Within Him And I Was Carrying Life. We Were Both Aware Of That, I Know.

I Believe Myself To Be An Artist. That Was My Calling, To Do My Work, And What's Most Important To Me Is To Do The Best Work I Possibly Can. And That Is What Means The Most, That Is What Will Endure.