When I First Heard Elvis

I Question What Emotion Manilow Touches. People Are Entertained By Him. But Are They Emotionally Moved? I Don't Believe Anything That Barry Manilow Sings.

I Would Be Willing To Do Almost Anything To Make Art Happy. I Care About Our Friendship. The Only Thing I Won't Do Is Change The Essence Of My Work.

There Are Lots Of Really Good Guitarists, But They Play With The Same Pedals That Everybody Else Does. Everybody Buys The Same Pedals, So The Sounds Tend To Be The Same. I Am Looking For Different Ways Of Doing That Without Having To Spend Days And Weeks And Months Fooling Around With Pedals, Which I Don't Enjoy.

I Have My Books And My Poetry To Protect Me; I Am Shielded In My Armor, Hiding In My Room, Safe Within My Womb. I Touch No One And No One Touches Me. I Am A Rock, I Am An Island.

I Didn't Get How Big It Was Until I Went Home, Turned On The Television And Saw It On All The News, And Later That Night On The Front Pages Of All The Newspapers. Then I Got It.