Friday, April 24, 2009

Splash du Jour: Friday

The lyrics of pop songs are so banal that if you show a spark of intelligence, they call you a poet. And if you say you’re not a poet, then people think you’re putting yourself down. But the people who call you a poet are people who never read poetry. Like poetry was something defined by Bob Dylan. They never read, say, Wallace Stevens. That’s poetry.
-- Paul Simon, in a 1968 interview --


Have a great Friday!
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