Art Quote by Phoebe Snow

I had the title poet, and maybe I was one for a while. Also, the title singer was kindly accorded me, even though I…

— Leonard Cohen

I'd always loved poetry and I'd always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadn't thought of putting the two together until around…

— Bruce Cockburn

William Blake is my favorite poet of all time, and he said that he wasn't quite familiar with the sounds of music. If so,…

— Benjamin Clementine

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

— Jamila Woods

I guess I started writing poetry and stuff and then decided to set it to music.

— Johnny Flynn

Poetry itself is music. I'm just lucky that I can convert it into music. William Blake is my favorite poet of all time, and…

— Benjamin Clementine

I also could see myself as a stand-up comedian, a fashion designer (for people of all sizes), a hairdresser, an earnest and eventually burnt-out…

— Denise Duhamel

In the late 60s and early 70s, I did get interested in voices, and in narration and embodying the voice, making the poem sound…

— Robert Morgan

At the beginning, there was no chance I'd get published so I thought I'd give it a go live. I had to perform in…

— John Cooper Clarke

Everything on this record is what I really wanted to say, and I'm back to being the poet I always thought I was.

— Stevie Nicks

I didn't choose poetry: poetry chose me.

— Philip Larkin

Someone handed me Mexico City Blues in St. Paul [Minnesota] in 1959 and it blew my mind. It was the first poetry that spoke…

— Bob Dylan