Facts about Adrian Mitchell

Occup.	Poet
From	United Kingdom
Born	October 24, 1932
Died	December 20, 2008
Aged	76 years

Summary

Adrian Mitchell was a famous Poet from United Kingdom, who lived between October 24, 1932 and December 20, 2008. He/she became 76 years old.

Zodiac:

He/she is born under the zodiac scorpio, who is known for Transient, Self-Willed, Purposeful, Unyielding. Our collection contains 8 quotes who is written / told by Adrian.

8 Famous quotes by Adrian Mitchell

"Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people"

Adrian Mitchell

"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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"I don't like writing essays or theory"

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"There have always been poets who performed. Blake sang his Songs of Innocence and Experience to parties of friends"

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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 want to speak, to sing to total strangers. It's my way of talking to the world"

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"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"

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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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