There have always been poets who performed.
ADRIAN MITCHELLThere have always been poets who performed.
ADRIAN MITCHELLI use the language I use to my friends. They wouldn’t believe me if I used some high-flown literary language. I want them to believe me.
ADRIAN MITCHELLAnd the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured.
ADRIAN MITCHELLI want to speak, to sing to total strangers. It’s my way of talking to the world.
ADRIAN MITCHELLI use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music.
ADRIAN MITCHELLPoetry is an extra hand. It can caress or tickle. It can clench and fight.
ADRIAN MITCHELLStadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry.
ADRIAN MITCHELLYou put your bombers in, you put your conscience out.
ADRIAN MITCHELLThe man who believes in giraffes would swallow anything.
ADRIAN MITCHELLAnd the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured.
ADRIAN MITCHELLMost people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.
ADRIAN MITCHELLI hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock’n roll.
ADRIAN MITCHELLYou 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.
ADRIAN MITCHELLI was run over by the truth one day.Ever since the accident I’ve walked this way.
ADRIAN MITCHELLI don’t like writing essays or theory.
ADRIAN MITCHELLWritten poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative.
ADRIAN MITCHELL