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"One must indeed test the strings to this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows."
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"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."
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"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."
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"Music fills the void between the heart and soul and connects them in heavenly delights."
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"I listen to music constantly while writing."
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"Music heard so deeplyThat it is not heard at all, butyou are the musicWhile the music lasts."
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"Music is the song of eternal love which touches the soul and fills us with joy."
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"I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation."
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"Music is the language of the universe, which everyone, including all animals, can understand."
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"Tax not so bad a voice to slander music any more than once."
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"I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age."
Age
"In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover things."
Love
"The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something."
Poetry
"I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step."
Writing
"I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them."
Talent
"It's the combination of the intimate and the public that I find so exciting about being poet laureate."
Being
"My favorite poets may not be your bread and butter. I have more favorite poems than favorite poets."
Favorite
"People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I found that immensely valuable."
People
"I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding."
Poetry
"You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something that has never existed before, it's impossible."
Writing
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