At eight, I made a commitment to poetry. Until then, I thought I'd be a policeman. But I went a whole night without sleeping, and the next day the world had changed. It needed a different language.
I tend to wake up in the middle of the night with ideas crying to be documented.
My page was too white My ink was too thin The day wouldn't write What the night pencilled in.
On a good night, I probably make three songs, and none of them are full songs.
That actually is one of my huge challenges right now because I write best at night, no question. I can focus. You know you're not getting any phone calls, I can shut everything down, and I'm just more creative at night.
I feel like D.C. is one of the places in America that really holds on to history. The monuments inspire me, especially at night.
I am a night painter, so when I come into the studio the next morning the delirium is over.
