If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.

The loss of these tastes [for poetry and music] is a loss of happiness, and may possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character, by enfeebling the emotional part of our nature.

If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once a week.

Poetry is one piece of my creative thought embedded by my mother at a young age by her love of arts including music.

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

I found that it wasn't so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they're kindred spirits.