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I Try When I'm Writing To Fill My Head And My Ears With All Sorts Of Stuff And Then Let It Settle And Filter Through. At A Certain Point It Seems Like Fruitless Activity Because You're Taking A Lot Of Time And Not Seeming To Get Anything. And Then, Slowly, You Realize You've Actually Digested Elements And That Your Thinking Is Being Freed Up And The Way You Build Up Compositions Is Changed As A Result Of What You've Been Listening To.

From The Pain Come The Dream From The Dream Come The Vision From The Vision Come The People From The People Come The Power From This Power Come The Change.

To Keeping Silence I Resigned My Friends Would Think I Was A Nut Turning Water Into Wine Open Doors Would Soon Be Shut So I Went From Day To Day Though My Life Was In A Rut 'til I Thought Of What I'd Say Which Connection I Should Cut

The Earthly Power Sucks Shadowed Milk From Sleepy Tears Undone, From Nippled Skin As Smooth As Silk The Bugles Blown As One.

People Have The Strength To Overcome Their Bodies. Their Beauty Is In Their Minds.