Attitude Quote by Bob Dylan

My songs were influenced not so much by poetry on the page but by poetry being recited by the poets who recited poems with…

— Bob Dylan

There is a certain flimsiness of poetry which seems expedient in a song.

— William Shenstone

Back then, I was an acoustically-oriented artist. Honestly, 'Poetry Man' wouldn't have been my first choice.

— Phoebe Snow

I never really liked poetry readings; I liked to read poetry by myself, but I liked singing, chanting my lyrics to this jazz group.

— Leonard Cohen

My novels and poems are meant to be read aloud. That's why jazz musicians have been able to adapt my stuff.

— Ishmael Reed

Jazz and poetry both involve a structure that may be familiar and to some extent predictable. And then, you try to create as much…

— Robert Pinsky

With lyrics, being a poet gave me a different approach than other people.

— Jamila Woods

The music just tends to be a vehicle for that poetry.

— Mark Knopfler

When I started writing music on the guitar, it started off very folky because of my limited ability to play. It was slow, soft…

— Kiesza

I'm much more of a musician than a poet. I just feel much more confident about my musical abilities.

— Mary Timony

Poetry, like jazz, is one of those dazzling diamonds of creative industry that help human beings make sense out of the comedies and tragedies…

— Aberjhani

I come from a short fiction background, and my mom is a poet, so I've always read poetry; I've always had a lot of…

— Lorde