Adrian Mitchell Quotes & Sayings
8 most famous Adrian Mitchell quotes and sayings (poet).
“I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock'n roll.”
“Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry.”
“I want to speak, to sing to total strangers. It's my way of talking to the world.”
“Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.”
“Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative.”
“I don't like writing essays or theory.”
“There have always been poets who performed. Blake sang his Songs of Innocence and Experience to parties of friends.”
“I 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.”
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