William Butler
William Butler
Multi-instrumentalist for the band Arcade Fire who plays bass, synth, guitar, and percussion. He has also worked on movie soundtracks, like the one for Her.
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth6 October 1982
broken-heart sad-love heartbroken
Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned...
life poetry
What can be explained is not poetry.
wise angel godly
The Land of Faery, Where nobody gets old and godly and grave, Where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, Where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue.
custody senses
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
wind collaboration clock
Because I helped to wind the clock, I come to hear it strike.
dream oxford doe
I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember
friendship real-friends men
Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.
drinking food humor
The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
wise wisdom suffering
If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
wisdom philosophy imagination
People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
remakes
Myself I must remake.
inspirational life dream
In dreams begins responsibility.
sex soul tragedy
The tragedy of sexual intercourse is the perpetual virginity of the soul.
Where there is nothing, there is God.