Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry. – Adrian Mitchell
Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative. – Adrian Mitchell
I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rockn roll. – Adrian Mitchell
Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people. – Adrian Mitchell
The dumber half of the audience – whether theyre male or female, and a lot of them are male – for some reason responds very quickly to the feminine voice. How can I put it? They kind of instantly react to the female voice in a positive way quicker than they would the male voice. – Frank Black