“The great modern heresy in poetry is to confuse the use we make of words in a poem with modalities of speech...For true poetry is never speech but always a song.” UseSongModernSpeechPoetry IsHeresy Author:Herbert Read
“I write lyrics everyday as I go. I'm always taking notes in my phone whenever I am inspired by something. Most of my writing starts out as poetry before I put it into songs.” WritingSongNotesInspiredEverydayPhonesPoetry Is Author:Vic Fuentes
“My songs were influenced not so much by poetry on the page but by poetry being recited by the poets who recited poems with jazz bands.” SongPoetBandPagesJazzPoetry IsJazz Band Book:The fiddler now upspoke: a collection of Bob Dylan's interviews, press conferences and the like from throughout the masters career Source: The fiddler now upspoke: a collection of Bob Dylan's interviews, press conferences and the like from throughout the masters career