"Much of this world's wisdom is still acquired by necromancy,--by consulting the oracular dead."

-- Augustus William Hare

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“For me there was never a lot of glamor involved in being a junkie, it was about trying to hide the puke and bloodstains on my shirt.”
“There is nothing that puts a man more in your debt than that he owes you nothing.”
“I have actual dreams of Bruce Springsteen calling me up on stage to wear a bandanna and play rhythm guitar next to Little Steven.”
“In music the passions enjoy themselves.”
“When my woman kisses me I start dancing like James Brown. Ow! I Feel Good!”
“All good poems are victories over something.”

Source : Stephen Dunn (2001). “Walking Light: Memoirs and Essays on Poetry”, p.86, BOA Editions, Ltd.
“I didn't realize until I was older what a huge music fan my daddy really was, and actually that my grandma played banjo at one time, and I didn't even know that until a year or two ago.”

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