The basic line in any good verse is cadenced... building it around the natural breath structures of speech.

I have no interest in Kerouac whatsoever. I've done my stint for him. As far as I'm concerned, Kerouac is what Madison Avenue wants a rebel to be. That isn't m…

You don't become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America.

With my own group I like to keep it loose. They have to counter rather than go with me. When they stop I like to be moving.