I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music.
ADRIAN MITCHELL
Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative.
More Adrian Mitchell Quotes
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I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music.
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I don’t like writing essays or theory.
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The man who believes in giraffes would swallow anything.
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Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative.
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Poetry is an extra hand. It can caress or tickle. It can clench and fight.
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And the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured.
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Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry.
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I was run over by the truth one day.Ever since the accident I’ve walked this way.
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When I am sad and wearyWhen I think all hope has goneWhen I walk along High HolbornI think of you with nothing on
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I want to speak, to sing to total strangers. It’s my way of talking to the world.
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And the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured.
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Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.
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I would have walked on the waterBut I wasn’t fully insured.
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