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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-mitchell/stadium-rock-and-commercial-rock-are-the-opposite-of-what-poetry/)

[Adrian Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-mitchell/)

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## More by Adrian Mitchell

> [The man who believes in giraffes would swallow anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-mitchell/the-man-who-believes-in-giraffes-would-swallow-anything/)

[Adrian Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-mitchell/)

> [“Most people ignore most poetry because poetry ignores most people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-mitchell/most-people-ignore-most-poetry-because-poetry-ignores-most-people/)

[Adrian Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-mitchell/)

> [Poetry is an extra hand. It can caress or tickle. It can clench and fight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-mitchell/poetry-is-an-extra-hand-it-can-caress-or-tickle-it-can-clench-and/)

[Adrian Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-mitchell/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-mitchell/i-use-rock-and-jazz-and-blues-rhythms-because-i-love-that-music-i/)

[Adrian Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-mitchell/)

> [When I am sad and wearyWhen I think all hope has goneWhen I walk along High HolbornI think of you with nothing on](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-mitchell/when-i-am-sad-and-wearywhen-i-think-all-hope-has-gonewhen-i-walk/)

[Adrian Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-mitchell/i-use-the-language-i-use-to-my-friends-they-wouldn-t-believe-me-if-i/)

[Adrian Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-mitchell/)

> [“When I am sad and weary When I think all hope has gone When I walk along High Holborn I think of you with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-mitchell/when-i-am-sad-and-weary-when-i-think-all-hope-has-gone-when-i-walk/)

[Adrian Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-mitchell/)

> [Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-mitchell/most-people-ignore-most-poetry-because-most-poetry-ignores-most-people/)

[Adrian Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-mitchell/)

> [I want to speak, to sing to total strangers. It's my way of talking to the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-mitchell/i-want-to-speak-to-sing-to-total-strangers-it-s-my-way-of-talking-to/)

[Adrian Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-mitchell/)

> [The maiden Olympics had more to protest about than mere war, though. Central to its ethos was a rejection of two establishments the political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-mitchell/the-maiden-olympics-had-more-to-protest-about-than-mere-war-though/)

[Adrian Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-mitchell/)

> [You put your bombers in, you put your conscience out,You take the human being and you twist it all aboutSo scrub my skin with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-mitchell/you-put-your-bombers-in-you-put-your-conscience-out-you-take-the/)

[Adrian Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-mitchell/)

> [Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-mitchell/written-poetry-is-different-best-thing-is-to-see-it-in-performance/)

[Adrian Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-mitchell/)

> [I would have walked on the waterBut I wasn't fully insured.And the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-mitchell/i-would-have-walked-on-the-waterbut-i-wasn-t-fully-insured-and-the/)

[Adrian Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-mitchell/)

> [I was run over by the truth one day.Ever since the accident I've walked this way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-mitchell/i-was-run-over-by-the-truth-one-day-ever-since-the-accident-i-ve/)

[Adrian Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-mitchell/)

> [Lovers lie around in itBroken glass is found in itGrassI like that stuff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-mitchell/lovers-lie-around-in-itbroken-glass-is-found-in-itgrassi-like-that/)

[Adrian Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-mitchell/)

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