William SoutarI bleed myself to be your drink: Is not the blood of poets–ink?
About This Quote
This quote is a combination of the famous song "I bleed for you" by Bloodhound Gang and Shakespeare's "Macbeth." In it, Macbeth says, "I bleed myself to be [i.e., make myself the drink] your [i.e., Macbeth's] drink." Macbeth believes that the blood of a poet is ink. The implication seems to be that a poet is a person who bleeds himself in order to be a poet.
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