Chests Quote by Mike Patton

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

— Mary Timony

Once you do a piece on the stage, you become that poem or you become that piece. That's really who you are. I think…

— Clinton D. Powell

Poetry has in a way been my bridge to my acting career. I had so many questions about my life, so I took to…

— Omari Hardwick

When you recite you're giving a performance, in the way that an actor or a singer performs, and some poets are not interested in…

— James Arthur

My goals as an artist have nothing to do with speaking to an audience. I love to have a good time, but when it…

— Dawn Lundy Martin

I rely on poetry or literature to keep me centered before I go onstage because it reminds me to be present.

— Carrie Coon

These days, if you happen to be a poet you have to sing your words to get your ideas out.

— Sara Genn

I don't write poems and put them to music. Just let things flow.

— Martin Gore

When I recite poems onstage, I put myself into the very personal struggle and it grants tremendous perspective. At the same time you get…

— David Whyte

How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and…

— Nina Simone

Poetry is almost like my foundation for everything. I almost feel I am a better actor and writer because of it.

— Omari Hardwick

“My poetry, I think, has become the way of my giving out what music is within me”

— Countee Cullen