i would pick phrases out of the air and just throw them into the songsd, and not think twice about it. I was literally in embodying my own lyric. And now i use it as a way to explain what it means to cut off your noves to spite your face which is so much more poetic. Maybe we'll get tattoos together at some point, but i think having a tattoo of my own, lyrac of my body, would be a little creepy. But im a harbour coat. No idea. What is a harbor coat? Whell to me, that line for me is about, like, everything seems to be going right, but there's something niggling
Michael Stipe joins to talk about his remarkable life, photography practice, and career as the lead singer and lyricist for the band R.E.M.