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Billy Collins Quotes

The first line is the DNA of the poem; the rest of the poem is constructed out of that first line. A lot of it has to do with tone because tone is the key signature for the poem. The basis of trust for a reader used to be meter and end-rhyme.

Billy Collins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: March 22, 1941

Topics

Trust Rest Key DNA First Line

The drive to create music that is pure is my highest priority. Sometimes I'll get extremely technical, and other times I'll just kind of go with the gods of music.

John Frusciante

Music Drive Create Sometimes Kind

When I got into high school, clarinet was not really in fashion. Everybody had electric bands.

Anat Cohen

School Fashion High School High Got

It's really about making the best music you can make. It's really about working hard.

John Legend

Music Best You Working Hard Hard

The older I get, the more important my view of the family is.

Robert Fogel

Family View Important More Get

One of my first real parts was 'Crash' - that won the Oscar.

Michael Pena

First Real Parts Won Oscar Crash

People seem to like this image of me being all boho and hippy. It's either that or I'm down on my luck, I've got no money, the work's dried up.

Minnie Driver

Work Money People Me Luck Down

I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs don't come from the surface; they come from the deep down. The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart.

Judy Collins

Good Heart Yourself Poetry Writing

There are people in England that claim benefits because they are too nervous to work, so they claim their benefits for anxiety and never have to go out side there free home.

Joss Stone

Work Home People Free Anxiety Go

After 'Bridesmaids,' women know who I am.

Chris O'Dowd

Women I Am Know Who Bridesmaids Am

I love shopping online for clothes, but only from places that I'm familiar with their sizing.

Brendon Urie

Love Shopping Clothes Places Only

My whole career, I've been fighting wrestlers. If you look back, all of my fights have been against wrestlers.

Anthony Pettis

Fighting You Look Back Career Been

Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or a service that the customer does not and cannot have, and does not need if he can trust the brand. This explains the profitability of brands.

Peter Drucker

Power Service Trust Brand Customer