Home / Quotes / Quote by Dan Beachy-Quick

Quote by Dan Beachy-Quick

“Poetry challenges you. Much of its importance is that it's one of the few places left in culture that makes things difficult-it asks you to think, to perceive and not to take for granted what we think about the world.”

Quote by Dan Beachy-Quick

Author

Dan Beachy-Quick

Dan Beachy-Quick is an American poet born in 1973. His work is known for its profound philosophical thinking and unique poetic form, often exploring themes of nature, history, and the human condition. more

You May Also Like

“[The publication of his first poem] was wonderful ... but it taught me early on that the only thing that really matters is writing the next poem. Publication is best seen as a happy accident.”

Writing Firsts Matter Next Wonderful Taught Accidents Songwriting Publication Happy Accidents

Author:Dan Beachy-Quick

“The world does not know it needs poems any longer, but we believe it does.”

Knows World Needs Writing Believe Doe Songwriting

Author:Bin Ramke

“Lonnie says it doesn't take long to write a song if you're stricken with a severe case of the Tennysons. He wasn't necessarily talking about a chart-climber.”

Ifs Writing Long Song Talking Cases Songwriting Severe Climbers Tennyson

Book:Baja Oklahoma

Source: Baja Oklahoma

“I've always known that I was a gifted person. ... I've always felt like I would be punished, severely, if I didn't continue to make use of that gift. It's very important that you don't let the muscle get flabby. It's really hard, as an old human being, to press as much weight as you pressed when you were a kid.”

Ifs Writing Humans Persons Important Hard Use Would Be Kids Felt Human Beings Known Weight Presses Muscles Songwriting Gifted

Author:Merle Haggard

“We need to have music that contributes to the well-being of the spirit. Music that cradles people's lives and makes things a little easier. That's what I try to do, and what I want to do. You don't want to close the door on hope.”

“She knew the intensity of adolescence, and knew no cure for it except growing up. And then one has age and experience, and mourns the loss of intensity. Maybe it's why musicians and mathmaticians are said to peak young-poetry needs the fire of an unbounded universe.”

Needs Writing Said Age Young Universe Loss Growing Up Fire Growing Musician Cures Songwriting Intensity Adolescence Mourn Age And Experience

Book:Bleeding Kansas

Source: Bleeding Kansas

“When I write a song today, basically it goes on the stage tomorrow. That's the way it works. You cannont interrupt your consciousness; it all comes from the subconscious, it can happen anywhere. It could be in a telephone booth.”

Way Writing Happens Today Song Consciousness Stage Goes On Tomorrow Songwriting Subconscious Telephones

Author:Richie Havens

“All I know is when I start getting serious about songwriting... it's like a playground. All responsibilities slip away and you're with your essence. There can be delight there and self-discovery. You can dance there... I think of it as my serious playground.”

Thinking Knows Writing Self Responsibility Serious Discovery Essence Delight Self Discovery Songwriting Slips Playgrounds

Author:Laura Nyro

“I don't know exactly where the ideas come from, but when I get into a songwriting mode and it's coming along, it's like you're on the front end of a boat and you're going through the water, and the breeze is blowing through your hair and the water's smooth, and you're going out to sea. I love that feeling.”

Knows Writing Ideas Ends Feelings Water Sea Fronts Like You Hair Boat Songwriting Going Out Smooth Breeze

Author:Robert Earl Keen

“I think I have to work to write a happy song. I write them carefully; they're simple and they're about when it's fun to walk down the street. You know? Because that's the best thing about when you're happy. It's just one little thing that makes you happy, and you're making friends. The kind of thing I can do is capture this moment.”

Thinking Knows Writing Kind Littles I Can Moments Song Fun Can Do Simple Walks Streets Best Things Just One Songwriting Little Things Capture Make You Happy Making Friends

Author:Rickie Lee Jones