Adrian Mitchell Quotes

"Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry."
- Adrian Mitchell
(Related: Poetry, Needs)

"Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people."
- Adrian Mitchell
(Related: Poetry, People)

"Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative."
- Adrian Mitchell
(Related: Poetry, Performance, First, Provocative)

"I want to speak, to sing to total strangers. It's my way of talking to the world."
- Adrian Mitchell
(Related: Strangers, Talking, Want, World)

"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."
- Adrian Mitchell
(Related: Friends, Language, Literary, Want)

"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."
- Adrian Mitchell
(Related: Love, Poetry, Music, Hope, Jazz)

"I don't like writing essays or theory."
- Adrian Mitchell
(Related: Theory, Writing)