http://www.ancient-enchantments.net/nickdrake/rp/londondays.htm
"To all of Nick's fans and lovers of his music I would like to post a message.
Please forget the 'tragic poet' image that was attached to Nick after his death. He loved life so much and was fighting hard against his dark moods. Please do not try to explain his lyrics as his feelings only. He was very impressed with the Blues, with Blake's poems, and also with French chansons, which also sound quite melancholic.
He just wanted to express his music, he didn't want to show his very inner self. He wrote songs like Parasite, Fruit Tree,.... some years before he died, when he was a fairly happy person, so the words of his songs have little to do with the disappointments and dark moods he had later in his life. (Although I have to admit that there are a few of his last songs, which are a message to certain people, who surely know.)
Most of the time of his life he was a happy person, and even when he had his bad patches he was a very lovable and soft hearted person, with whom you could never get cross. Even to me he didn't explain his lyrics that much, he thought, one should just listen and create one's own emotions. He himself paid a lot more attention to his guitar playing than to his voice. So if there is a message in his songs, it is in his guitar playing, and this is the real Nick Drake, mesmerizing, uplifting, full of spirit and power.
