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> [Not that I play guitar anywhere near as well as she sings, but I think I have always had a tendency to play solos the same way, in emotional relation to the structure of the song. I choose simple lines,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-zapruder/not-that-i-play-guitar-anywhere-near-as-well-as-she-sings-but-i-think/)

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## More by Matthew Zapruder

> [It is funny, and also a bit sad, that poets are so often asked to justify our vocation. There seems to be something vaguely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-zapruder/it-is-funny-and-also-a-bit-sad-that-poets-are-so-often-asked-to/)

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> [The question does arise if how and why to write poetry in this time. It feels both completely essential and also quite difficult. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-zapruder/the-question-does-arise-if-how-and-why-to-write-poetry-in-this-time/)

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> [That name, SUN BEAR, just sounds like an ideogram to me. Super resonant. By the way, this all might be related to Tomaž Šalamun's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-zapruder/that-name-sun-bear-just-sounds-like-an-ideogram-to-me-super-resonant/)

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> [Music and songs have always been a constant part of my life, and still are. My brother Michael, who is a songwriter and composer,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-zapruder/music-and-songs-have-always-been-a-constant-part-of-my-life-and-still/)

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> [My own experience as a reader and writer has been that the more I read, and the more I live, the more different "types"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-zapruder/my-own-experience-as-a-reader-and-writer-has-been-that-the-more-i/)

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> [Thinking in prose is different. I gained an immense amount of respect for people who write prose, and also felt even more sure that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-zapruder/thinking-in-prose-is-different-i-gained-an-immense-amount-of-respect/)

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> [Something can be symbolic without being a mere stand-in or vessel, which just brings us away from the true mystery and dread, into some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-zapruder/something-can-be-symbolic-without-being-a-mere-stand-in-or-vessel/)

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> [It may very well be that we have entered another time when most poets will feel compelled to use poetry to stop things from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-zapruder/it-may-very-well-be-that-we-have-entered-another-time-when-most-poets/)

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> [The speaker tentatively reaches out with that feeling and realizes that it's kind of absurd, or at least a dangerous consolation, which is what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-zapruder/the-speaker-tentatively-reaches-out-with-that-feeling-and-realizes/)

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> [I've noticed that there can be a visceral reaction to strong statements about poetry, as if anyone who has an opinion and expresses it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-zapruder/i-ve-noticed-that-there-can-be-a-visceral-reaction-to-strong/)

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> [Somewhere back a whiskey or so ago I wrote that thinking was a real thing in the world, just like anything else. I mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-zapruder/somewhere-back-a-whiskey-or-so-ago-i-wrote-that-thinking-was-a-real/)

[Matthew Zapruder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-zapruder/)

> [If freedom in the imagination is a privilege, it's one I believe everyone should have, as a basic human right. I also believe that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-zapruder/if-freedom-in-the-imagination-is-a-privilege-it-s-one-i-believe/)

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> [So for whatever reason those short lines just felt right to me, in my physical self. They were right for the movement of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-zapruder/so-for-whatever-reason-those-short-lines-just-felt-right-to-me-in-my/)

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> [I wanted to write not exclusively for (or against) poets or scholars, though many of them are people, too! But that was not my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-zapruder/i-wanted-to-write-not-exclusively-for-or-against-poets-or-scholars/)

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> [Reading a poem is a real thing, a worthy thing. So to be there right with the reader at that moment is part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-zapruder/reading-a-poem-is-a-real-thing-a-worthy-thing-so-to-be-there-right/)

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