"The modern stuff, I can take it or……" — Linton Kwesi Johnson
"The modern stuff, I can take it or leave it. I like its danceability, but the DJs talk a lot of nonsense."
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11 Quotes by Linton Kwesi Johnson
Linton Kwesi Johnson has 11 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- 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 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…
- The more I read my poems, the more I find out about them. I still read them with the same…
- Back in those early days when I began my apprenticeship as a poet, I also tried to voice our anger,…
- I am often asked why I started to write poetry. The answer is that my motivation sprang from a visceral…
- I don't go to see bands any more because I've got tinnitus, so I have to avoid loud music. You…
- I wrote two poems about the '81 uprisings: 'Di Great Insohreckshan' and 'Mekin Histri.' I wrote those two poems from…
- Younger people are discovering my work, even though my reggae is not like theirs.
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