author: van morrison said that you are our greatest living poet. do you think of yourself in those terms?
dylan: [pause] sometimes. it’s within me. it’s within me to put myself up and be a poet. but it’s dedication. [softly] it’s a big dedication.
[pause] poets don’t drive cars. [laughs] poets don’t go to the supermarket. poets don’t empty the garbage. poets aren’t on the pta. poets, you know, they don’t go to picket the better housing bureau, or whatever. poets don’t… they don’t even speak on the telephone. poets don’t ever talk to anybody. poets do a lot of listening… and usually they know why they’re poets!
…poets live on the land. they behave in a gentlemanly way. and live by their own gentlemanly code.
[pause] and die broke. or drown in lakes. poets usually have very unhappy endings. look at keats’ life.
this quote made me think about myself...
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