I am inhabited by a cry.
Nightly it flaps out
Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.
I am read more

I am inhabited by a cry.
Nightly it flaps out
Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.
I am terrified by this dark thing
That sleeps in me;
All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.

I'm very disappointed. I really don't know what happened, ... Basically on the first or second stride I pushed on read more

I'm very disappointed. I really don't know what happened, ... Basically on the first or second stride I pushed on my leg and collapsed. I just could not get up to speed. It was too late.

Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature read more

Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics.

That's why most of us never got in trouble. We played all day. You'd only break to eat, if you read more

That's why most of us never got in trouble. We played all day. You'd only break to eat, if you had the money.

I got tired of playing other people's songs.

I got tired of playing other people's songs.

But I did that, and I created another blues scene, another something I can sing about.

But I did that, and I created another blues scene, another something I can sing about.

I'm steering away from (heavy marketing of) Felix because of the pressure on him, and because his head may get read more

I'm steering away from (heavy marketing of) Felix because of the pressure on him, and because his head may get too big. He's got that gleam in his eye. As he matures, he's going to be a handful. He'll push the envelope.

We've had a pretty smooth transition. It's almost like nothing changed. If we would have had a brand-new coach, it read more

We've had a pretty smooth transition. It's almost like nothing changed. If we would have had a brand-new coach, it would have been hard, because we'd have been so used to doing something for so long.

The interest is so intense at some Southern California schools that students might start rioting if their school didn't have read more

The interest is so intense at some Southern California schools that students might start rioting if their school didn't have an academic decathlon coach. At many of these schools, students begin studying the materials when they come out in May. They've been pushing decathlon at these schools for years.