If you were going to choose a way of making your way in this world and a place to start from, you might not choose poetry and you might not choose Huddersfield. Simon Armitage choosehuddersfieldmake Change image and share on social
I've been writing since I was 10 or 11. I started with poetry because that was the easiest thing. It just kind of came naturally. I think at that time West Coast hip hop was huge; all these kids around me were like, 'I want to be a rapper.' But I'm a white girl, not going to be a rapper. Sasha Grey coasteasygirl share on social
My mother asked me what I wanted for my birthday, so I said I wanted to read poetry with her. Guy Johnson askbirthdaymother Change image and share on social
I didn't love Jim Morrison 'cause he was self-destructive. I loved him because of his work. Because of the way he merged poetry and rock-and-roll. Because he did something new. Patti Smith destructivejimlove Change image and share on social
A song is a short composition for voice and instruments. It is a piece of sung poetry set to music. It is usually only a few minutes long. Russell Smith compositioninstrumentlong Change image and share on social
When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock 'n' roll was asleep. Patti Smith asleepdutyfelt Change image and share on social
I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. They all find their place in the world, but they all start off in the same place. I'm always painting and drawing as well, and it's an ongoing creative assignment. P. J. Harvey assignmentcreativedraw share on social
I'm about 75 pages into a book on poetry. I don't know if anybody wants to read it. It's on any broad variety of subjects. I walk down the street and think of a topic and jot it down and say, 'Okay, that's another one.' They go from the humorous to the serious to every topic imaginable. Marv Levy bookbroadhumorous share on social
I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all. Manuel Puig beautyfaulknerpoetry Change image and share on social
