With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Bio: Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer-songwriter best known as a member and vocalist of the R&B/rock band The Animals and the funk band War and for his aggressive stage performance.
