I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center.
Seamus Heaney
The fact of the matter is that the most unexpected and miraculous thing in my life was the arrival in it of poetry itself - as a vocation and an... →
If poetry and the arts do anything, they can fortify your inner life, your inwardness.
Eternal life can mean utter reverence for life itself.
I think that water is immediately interesting. It's just, as an element, it is full of life. It is associated with origin; it is bright - it... →
The gift of writing is to be self-forgetful, to get a surge of inner life or inner supply or unexpected sense of empowerment, to be afloat, to be out... →
I never had any social life, just played the piano and studied, studied, studied.
Imogen Heap
Leaving the record companies tweaked something inside me and I realised I don't have to deal with labels to make something happen. If I want to... →
My grand plan is that I can master having a better life by making sure I have a regular flow of songs. Then I can give myself time to tour or... →
I get so fed up with the making of an album taking over my life - it's all I can think about or talk about. You find yourself in a rut and... →