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> [From social pariah to King of the World? It's taken 45 years, so I've been able to adjust to it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cooper-clarke/from-social-pariah-to-king-of-the-world-it-s-taken-45-years-so-i-ve/)

[John Cooper Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cooper-clarke/)

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## More by John Cooper Clarke

> [When the punk rock thing happened, I thought, 'Right, I have one chance here to be seen as part of some wider social phenomenon.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cooper-clarke/when-the-punk-rock-thing-happened-i-thought-right-i-have-one-chance/)

[John Cooper Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cooper-clarke/)

> [To make the hips the focal point of a pair of trousers is, to me, a fashion mistake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cooper-clarke/to-make-the-hips-the-focal-point-of-a-pair-of-trousers-is-to-me-a/)

[John Cooper Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cooper-clarke/)

> [The greatest threat to any artist is surrounding themselves with people who love everything they do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cooper-clarke/the-greatest-threat-to-any-artist-is-surrounding-themselves-with/)

[John Cooper Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cooper-clarke/)

> [The first time I heard rock'n'roll on a big sound system would have been at a fairground at the seaside. That's a hell of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cooper-clarke/the-first-time-i-heard-rock-n-roll-on-a-big-sound-system-would-have/)

[John Cooper Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cooper-clarke/)

> [My favourite writers are columnists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cooper-clarke/my-favourite-writers-are-columnists/)

[John Cooper Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cooper-clarke/)

> [As they used to say on Stingray, ‘Anything can happen in the next half hour’. I’ve always tried to live with that thought in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cooper-clarke/as-they-used-to-say-on-stingray-anything-can-happen-in-the-next-half/)

[John Cooper Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cooper-clarke/)

> [It was a tedious saying among hippies: if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. I was very much part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cooper-clarke/it-was-a-tedious-saying-among-hippies-if-you-re-not-part-of-the/)

[John Cooper Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cooper-clarke/)

> [No one wants to be a source of anxiety to everybody they know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cooper-clarke/no-one-wants-to-be-a-source-of-anxiety-to-everybody-they-know/)

[John Cooper Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cooper-clarke/)

> [From social pariah to King of the World? It's taken 45 years, so I've been able to adjust to it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cooper-clarke/from-social-pariah-to-king-of-the-world-it-s-taken-45-years-so-i-ve/)

[John Cooper Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cooper-clarke/)

> [Well, I've obviously been a great source of inspiration to the academic population of Salford! They're citing me as a major contribution to their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cooper-clarke/well-i-ve-obviously-been-a-great-source-of-inspiration-to-the/)

[John Cooper Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cooper-clarke/)

> [They're very different things, a poem and a song, you wouldn't think they would be, but they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cooper-clarke/they-re-very-different-things-a-poem-and-a-song-you-wouldn-t-think/)

[John Cooper Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cooper-clarke/)

> [I've got a speech impediment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cooper-clarke/i-ve-got-a-speech-impediment/)

[John Cooper Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cooper-clarke/)

> [I enjoy gigging in industrial towns. It seems to be where I go down the best. Somewhere where they have a history of manufacturing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cooper-clarke/i-enjoy-gigging-in-industrial-towns-it-seems-to-be-where-i-go-down/)

[John Cooper Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cooper-clarke/)

> [I don't work with anybody I don't like, just for the attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cooper-clarke/i-don-t-work-with-anybody-i-don-t-like-just-for-the-attention/)

[John Cooper Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cooper-clarke/)

> [Poverty - the one thing money can't buy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cooper-clarke/poverty-the-one-thing-money-can-t-buy/)

[John Cooper Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cooper-clarke/)

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