I was at Harvard with a whole bunch of poets, and that was very rare. They published a lot of books because there was an excitement after the war that translated into poetry.
It's like hip hop all over again, back in the '70s back in the Bronx, when it was just bubbling. But it's going to be huge.
I am pretty sick with myself! It seemed a pretty good idea at the time. Around the time I turned 30, I started to feel very creative, more creative than I had been before which is good and I like that.
As soon as I began, it seemed impossible to write fast enough – I wrote faster than I would write a letter – two thousand to three thousand words in a morning, and I cannot help it.
I'm my most creative between 3 and 5 a.m. That's the way I've always been.
Sometimes when you get frustrated, your back is against the wall, and you come out fighting and knock out three songs in as many days.
We are going to see a burst of creativity that will make the Renaissance pale in comparison.
In the three years that nobody heard music from me, I made more music than I've ever made.
Sustained enthusiasm brings into existence a wave of creative energy, and all you have to do is 'ride the wave'.
Scarlatti [Kirkpatrick] started writing sonatas when he was 66 and the idea that he ran off 500 or so after he was 66 was just too much for me to resist. It's just great.
I go in and out of season. I won't write for months, and then all of a sudden, I'll write like I've got a fever.
