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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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"Rock 'n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear."
"When a problem or a difficult situation arises, say to yourself, as if you already believe it: 'This is for my benefit."
"I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression."
"So much importance pressed into so few words. It was just like Jacin."
"It never got weird enough for me."
"You erased my famine, unpicked my angerYour energy charges my voice, it radiates my heart;Now I am alive with the ore of words pouringFrom my lips like molten lava glittering with joy."
"When you read my poems or quotes remember you're stepping into the mind that steps outside of me."
"Let all of life be an unfettered howl."
"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought."
"Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn."
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"Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative."
"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."
"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."
"Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry."
"There have always been poets who performed. Blake sang his Songs of Innocence and Experience to parties of friends."
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