I do own CDs by Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, and Joni Mitchell, but I don't think of them as being major influences… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
Years ago I used to set my alarm for 4 am, so that I could wake up in the middle of a… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
I often write from memory by walking around and talking to myself. Even when I'm working at a computer I write out… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
When I'm most deeply involved in my writing, sometimes I do dream about poetry, and occasionally I wake up from a dream… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
I don't think I did write any poems to fill narrative gaps. Not consciously, anyway. As much as possible, I try to… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
I wrote the poems in Charms Against Lightning one by one, over almost a decade, and I did not write them toward… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
Our analytical faculties allow us to look critically at our writing and interpret it. Sometimes we make bold, impulsive edits to our… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
When you recite you're giving a performance, in the way that an actor or a singer performs, and some poets are not… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
It's true, there aren't many explicit references to Canada in my book. And not many explicit references to the U.S., either. I… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
Me and my mum didn't see eye-to-eye for a lot of years, and I've never really felt connected with my dad, because he wasn't… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
I'm a mix; I'm sure some of my Canadian friends find me very American, both in person and on the page. — James Arthur Copy Share Image
I often write from memory by walking around and talking to myself. Even when I'm working at a computer I write out loud, so… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
I'd like to think that maybe the average person is rational, and they realise that I'm not this crazy monster that, at times, I've… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
It can feel like your whole world is caving in on you, and if you don't speak about it, it gets worse. You have… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
If art doesn't require an audience, can an intimate conversation be a work of art? Can a thought be a work of art? Maybe.… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
And treating poetry as a performing art emphasizes its ephemerality. A printed poem can be endlessly reprinted, photocopied, scanned, uploaded, cut and pasted -… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
I want each poem to be ambiguous enough that its meaning can shift, depending on the reader's own frame of reference, and depending on… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
People were telling me it was refreshing I was real because previous 'X Factor' winners were too afraid to say anything. I decided to… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
