The fact of the matter is that the most unexpected and miraculous thing in my life was the arrival in it of poetry itself - as a vocation and an elevation almost.

Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for.

Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.

Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.

Anyone with gumption and a sharp mind will take the measure of two things: what's said and what's done.

I can't think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people's understanding of what's going on in the world.

If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way.

History says, Don’t hope On this side of the grave, But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme

Poetry is always slightly mysterious, and you wonder what is your relationship to it.

All I know is a door into the dark

I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center.

The more you appreciate and celebrate life with joy, the more abundance will fill your life to enjoy.

Life is . Life is dance. Dance with your own rhythm. . Dance with your own rhythm.

However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school.

Fear is the greatest enemy; the father of all suffering, and love is the only cure for humanity's great afflictions.

The artist draws the people. The whole idea is for people to dig themselves, just mingle around meeting different other people. That's cool.

I didn't think I could go onstage and play unless I had a beer to loosen up. Well, if it was only one beer to loosen up, I'd probably still be drinking today.

When words & manners leave you no space for yourself make very personal very clear & your obstructions will join you or disappear.

We are rapidly moving into the post-industrial age, when we must redefine what is "productive" work, as more and more jobs are being replaced by automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence.

Love is the most important thing in life. If you don't have (a relationship), you're always looking for one.

I hadn't been exposed to music except in church. They used to have me singing a solo when I was five years old.