Linton Kwesi Johnson Quotes

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• Writing was a political act and poetry was a cultural weapon.
• At the end of the day, life's about realising one's human potential. I don't know if I've realised mine, but I've certainly gone a long…
• I have never, ever sought validation from the arbiters of British poetic taste,
• Once you have a disease like cancer, you look at life a bit differently. Some things that were important no longer seem as important as…
• The more I read my poems, the more I find out about them. I still read them with the same passion I felt when I…
• Back in those early days when I began my apprenticeship as a poet, I also tried to voice our anger, spirit of defiance and resistance…
• I am often asked why I started to write poetry. The answer is that my motivation sprang from a visceral need to creatively articulate the…
• I don't go to see bands any more because I've got tinnitus, so I have to avoid loud music. You get used to it, but…
• I wrote two poems about the '81 uprisings: 'Di Great Insohreckshan' and 'Mekin Histri.' I wrote those two poems from the perspective of those who…
• The modern stuff, I can take it or leave it. I like its danceability, but the DJs talk a lot of nonsense.
• Younger people are discovering my work, even though my reggae is not like theirs.

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