stˈuːɚt ɹˈoʊt ðˈæt "aɪ ɹˈoʊt ðə wˈɜːdz ænd mjˈuːzɪk təɡˌɛðɚ tʊ ɐ lˈɑːɹdʒ dᵻɡɹˈiː ænd, kˈɑːnsɪkwəntli, aɪ wʌz ˈeɪbəl tə ɡɛt ɪfˈɛkts ðætðə kˈænənz ʌv ˈɑːɹt lˈeɪ dˌaʊn æz bˌiːɪŋ ɪmpˈɑːsᵻbəl... ɪnstˈɛd ʌv ˈɛndɪŋ wˈɛɹ, sˈeɪ, ðɪ ˈævɹɪdʒ pˈoʊɪt wʊd kəmpˈɛl mˌiː baɪ ðə mˈiːɾɚɹ ʌv hɪz vˈɜːs ˈaɪ, ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ maɪ ˈoʊn lˈɪɹɪks, ˈæd tˈuː bˈɑːɹz mˈoːɹ ænd ɡɛt ɐn ɛntˈaɪɚli nˈuː ɪfˈɛkt".
Stuart wrote that "I wrote the words and music together to a large degree and, consequently, I was able to get effects that the canons of art lay down as being impossible... Instead of ending where, say, the average poet would compel me by the metre of his verse I, writing my own lyrics, add two bars more and get an entirely new effect".