You cant break my spirit, its my dreams you take. – James Blunt
In a way song writing can almost be detrimental, because suddenly you find an outlet that is a kind of cheating. You dont need to have direct communication. You can say, I cant describe it to you, but I will record it and send it to you. – James Blunt
While also, importantly, not wanting to dumb it down or pretend the days of difficult poetry are over, because we live in a pluralist culture and theres room for difficult poetry alongside rap and everything else. And poetry wont be for everyone, but everyone should have the choice. – Andrew Motion
I really only respect the Arab culture. I aint really trying to pay no attention to, ya know, these little people in political positions and executive positions that aint Arab culture oriented people because a lot of the times, what are you really showing all of this concern for? – Busta Rhymes