There can be no proof that Blakes lyric is composed of the best words in the best order only a conviction, accepted by our knowledge and judgment, that it is so. – John Drinkwater
To know anything of a poet but his poetry is, so far as the poetry is concerned, to know something that may be entertaining, even delightful, but is certainly inessential. – John Drinkwater
If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry. – John Drinkwater
But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connection with the use of words in poetry. – John Drinkwater
For the longest time I was brought up listening to only two genres of music, pop and rock. So in the past few years Ive been trying to expand my interests because I think that you can only write to the extent of your knowledge, and if your knowledge is limited you cant write past that. – Jacqueline Emerson