45 John Cooper Clarke Quotes for You to Enjoy

John Cooper Clarke

English Poet

Born: Jan 25, 1949

Great Like Me Never People You

When I sit down to eat, the greatest spice of all is hunger. John Cooper Clarke

Sit Down Spice Hunger Eat Greatest

Maybe there are luckier people than me, but I don't know who that would be. I feel pretty lucky. I've had a nice life - I don't know how I could be luckier. John Cooper Clarke

Life Me People Nice Would Would-Be I Feel Pretty Could Had Feel Know How Than Maybe Who Luckier Nice Life Lucky

Lyrics became important for a while in the late Seventies. Patti Smith was a poet and a rock star, as much one as the other, the distinctions were a bit blurred and then you get swept up in it. Punk poet, it's a good enough term. John Cooper Clarke

Good You Punk Poet Important Other Enough Late Lyrics Seventies Bit Distinctions Term Smith Became Rock Rock Star Were Up Get Blurred While Patti Smith Then Much Swept Star

I'm a great reader of credits; I never leave the cinema before they finish. John Cooper Clarke

Great Cinema Before Finish Never Reader Leave Credits

It amazes me there are movies about writers… such inert, uneventful lives. John Cooper Clarke

Me About Writers Amazes Movies Lives

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

Food Fussy Eat About Dead Junk

Where's the mileage in an autobiography? Anyone who writes one inevitably casts themselves as a hero, and I'm not about to do that. John Cooper Clarke

Hero About Casts Writes Inevitably Autobiography Anyone Themselves Mileage Who

My dad was an electrical engineer. John Cooper Clarke

Engineer Electrical Dad

I love singing. I'm a great singer. John Cooper Clarke

Love Great Singing I Love Singer

People who believe in God are happier than those who don't. John Cooper Clarke

God People Believe Those Than Happier Who

I'm not giving away sartorial secrets but the trousers I wear cost 19 quid. John Cooper Clarke

Giving Secrets Wear Cost Trousers Quid Away

My trouser needs are simple: a narrow leg in a dark colour, with jean detailing. John Cooper Clarke

Needs Dark Simple Detailing Colour Narrow Leg Jean

Fame just ain't a natural situation. But I shouldn't have worried because everyone thought I was a bit famous even before I'd done anything; people just assumed I was famous. John Cooper Clarke

Natural People Thought Before Situation Assumed Everyone Worried Bit Because Fame Done Just Famous Anything Even

I quite like cooking, but not to the extent that I look on a kitchen as a domain. John Cooper Clarke

Cooking Kitchen Like Look Domain Quite Extent

Idleness - a job that you have to go to, but not necessarily do anything - is the poet's friend. John Cooper Clarke

You Job Poet Idleness Go Friend Anything Necessarily

Too many memoirs focus on childhoods and it's a bit turgid. John Cooper Clarke

Focus Too Bit Memoirs Childhoods Many

I hate chickpeas. I like hummus but I ate that before I realised it was made out of chickpeas. John Cooper Clarke

Hate Made Before Out Ate Like Realised

I don't go looking for new fads. John Cooper Clarke

Looking Fads New Go