“Voice is not just the sound that comes from your throat, but the feelings that come from your words.”

“Loafe with me on the grass—loose the stop from your throat;
Not words, not music or rhyme I want—not custom or lecture, not even the best;
Only the lull I like, the hum of your valved voice.”

“Then the voice in your head silently tells you to take your foot off your throat because just getting along shouldn’t be an ambition.”

“Feel your hair come tumbling down
Feel your feet start kissing the ground
Feel your arms are opening out
And see your eyes are lifted to God
With no words, with no song
I'm gonna dance the dream
And make the dream come true...”

“A word has power in and of itself. It comes from nothing into sound and meaning; it gives origin to all things.”

“I am barren of words. For no sounds from my mouth are worthy of your hearing”

“Identify the things and people that make you feel unhappy and eliminate them from your life. Nothing good can come from them.”

“Don't you feel a change a coming
From another side of time,
Breaking down the walls of silence,
Lifting shadows from your mind.”

“It is the nature of poetry to emphasize that the physical sounds of words come from a particular body, one at a time, in a particular order.”

“The voice was gentle, like a scalpel petting the short hairs of your throat.”