“When you write poetry you are always addressing the world somehow.” — John Cooper Clarke Quote

When you write poetry you are always addressing the world somehow.

They're very different things, a poem and a song, you wouldn't think they would be, but they are.

Everybody that read one of my poems went off and wrote poetry. They said that about the Velvets, didn't they? They didn't sell many records, but everybody that saw them formed a band.

I'm dead fussy about food: I don't eat junk.

I enjoy gigging in industrial towns. It seems to be where I go down the best. Somewhere where they have a history of manufacturing, they're my favourite places to play.

Prior to that I testified before the Senate subcommittee addressing mountaintop removal.

Addressing climate change and positioning the United States as the leader in advanced energy should be a top priority for our country and our economy, and I applaud the Obama administration for the steps it is taking.

We depend a lot on the guy upstairs in dire times, in addressing our concerns and looking for help.

We're going to have to become very aggressive in addressing justice issues that have to do with fairness and doing that which is equitable and honoring to God.

If the official community is interested in asking the private sector to take another look at Greece, then it will have to be only as part of a broader process of addressing the full range of sovereign debt issues in Europe.