I was in Paris at an English-language bookstore. I picked up a volume of Dickinson's poetry. I came back to my hotel, read 2,000 of her poems and immediately began composing in my head. I wrote down the melodies even before I got to a piano.
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Nationality: American Type: Businessman Born: December 20, 1934 |
Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.

