I was run over by the truth one day.Ever since the accident I’ve walked this way.
ADRIAN MITCHELLLovers lie around in itBroken glass is found in itGrassI like that stuff.
More Adrian Mitchell Quotes
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You put your bombers in, you put your conscience out.
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I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music.
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Blake sang his Songs of Innocence and Experience to parties of friends.
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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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There have always been poets who performed.
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Lovers lie around in itBroken glass is found in itGrassI like that stuff.
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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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You take the human being and you twist it all about So scrub my skin with women Chain my tongue with whisky Stuff my nose with garlic Coat my eyes with butter Fill my ears with silver Stick my legs in plaster Tell me lies about Vietnam.
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I don’t like writing essays or theory.
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Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.
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I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock’n roll.
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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 would have walked on the waterBut I wasn’t fully insured.
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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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