Lovers lie around in itBroken glass is found in itGrassI like that stuff.

I use the language I use to my friends. They wouldn’t believe me if I used some high-flown literary language. I want them to believe me.

When I am sad and wearyWhen I think all hope has goneWhen I walk along High HolbornI think of you with nothing on.

I want to speak, to sing to total strangers. It’s my way of talking to the world.

I don’t like writing essays or theory.

I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock’n roll.

It's about sitting faithfully in England while thousands of miles away terrible atrocities are being committed in our name.

Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.

Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry.

Poetry is an extra hand. It can caress or tickle. It can clench and fight.