I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I'm as much influenced by Joseph Smith and the Mormons as I am, more so, than by Eliot. Actually, I'm much more influenced by the poetry of the Mormons. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I guess the two Manifesto, Communicating Vessels, Mad Love, and some of his poetry made a significant mark on me but as far as bringing a literary element into the music I see it as a much broader assimilation. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
It is the timber of poetry that wears most surely, and there is no timber that has not strong roots among the clay and worms. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesn't play, it has a poignancy to it. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
If you go into a bar in most places in America and even say the word poetry, you'll probably get beaten up. But poetry is a really strong, beautiful form to me, and a lot of innovation in language comes from poetry. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. They all find their place in the world, but they all start off in the same place. I'm always painting and drawing as well, and it's an ongoing creative assignment. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I was a visual artist primarily and a writer, even from a very young age. I wrote a lot of stories and poetry and... I had a desire to create always. And I always had a desire to show my work. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror available. Every newspaper headline is a potential song. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle with sentences, I often read poetry. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
From my music training, I knew that, some Spanish rhythms apart, 5/4 is a time signature used only in the modern era. Holst's Mars from the Planets is 5/4. But if you speak lines of poetry in that pattern you just end up hitting the off-beats. It's only when you add a rest - a sixth beat - that it sounds as it surely should sound. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>