Always Quote by Cecil Taylor

I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.

— Bob Dylan

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

— Mary Timony

I'm a poet, and I spent my life in poetry.

— Edward Hirsch

That is the saddest thing about being a writer. We die in ways you cannot fathom just to keep someone alive in our poetry.

— Needa Muy

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.

— Robert Graves

Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poet.

— David Duchovny

Poets never die, I thought. They just fail in the end.

— Rick Yancey

I've always considered myself a poet in everything that I do, whether it's photography or movie-making.

— Gerard Malanga

I've written poetry most of my life.

— Julia Michaels

Being a poet is not a job or a profession but a way of life.

— Kathleen Raine

To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.

— Robert Frost

I was pushing for a career in poetry and of course the received wisdom was that you would never make a living at it.

— John Cooper Clarke