“Poems are a form of music, and language just happens to be our instrum...” — Terrance Hayes Quote

“Poems are a form of music, and language just happens to be our instrument - language and breath.”

“My working habit is to separate my aims as a painting from my aims as a poet. They come from very different places and ultimately lead me to very different places... I'll leave what I mean by 'places' ambiguous.”

“The thing that I've decided is, I don't want to be invisible, but I'd like to be transparent. I want people to see what I'm thinking and see through me.”

“But only a brief moment is granted to the brave one breath or two, whose wage is the long nights of the grave.”

“I was putting everything into trying to convince everyone I was me. Before entering a room, I'd take a deep breath and say to myself: 'How would Frankie from The Saturdays behave?' I'd be louder, bubblier, happier.”

“If I live and breath something, I might as well show everybody what I live and breath.”