A folktale without a moral is merely a whimsy.

Stephen Sondheim
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  1. One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.

  2. Music straightjackets a poem and prevents it from breathing on its own, whereas it liberates a lyric. Poetry doesn't need music; lyrics do.

  3. The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you get it all on paper. If you can put everything down, stream-of-consciousness, you'll do yourself a service.

  4. I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.

  5. Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.

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