45 John Cooper Clarke Quotes for You to Enjoy

John Cooper Clarke

English Poet

Born: Jan 25, 1949

Great Like Me Never People You

If you want to know why the coast is such an inspirational place, ask Herman Melville, Jack London, Nordhoff and Hall, Robert Louis Stevenson or Joseph Conrad. It's a glimpse of eternity. It invites rumination, the relentless whisper of the tide against the shore. John Cooper Clarke

Inspirational You Relentless London Joseph Glimpse Invites Know Robert Tide Stevenson Hall Louis Jack Shore Want Place Against Eternity Whisper Ask Coast Why

The only casual item I own is a Levi's jacket. John Cooper Clarke

Own Only Casual Item Jacket Levi

Most cities are the same. John Cooper Clarke

Cities Most Same

My declining allure is a source of great sadness to me. John Cooper Clarke

Great Me Sadness Allure Source Declining

I love the Arctic Monkeys! John Cooper Clarke

Love I Love Arctic Monkeys

You know how the Marvel Comics superheroes formed themselves into the Justice League of America - Batman, Flash and the rest. Why did Superman join? He never needed any help. John Cooper Clarke

I write with pen and paper. I don't have a mobile or computer, because I know how great they are. If I did, I'd never leave the house - you'd find me in six months, dead under a pile of pizza boxes. John Cooper Clarke

I would describe my style of dress as careful. John Cooper Clarke

Style Would Dress Describe Careful

It took me 30 years for people to consider me an overnight success. John Cooper Clarke

Success Me People Took Consider Overnight Overnight Success Years

It was a tedious saying among hippies: if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. I was very much part of the problem. John Cooper Clarke

Saying You Problem Solution Part Hippies Very Much Among Tedious

My favourite writers are columnists. John Cooper Clarke

Favourite Writers

I'm not fond of crowds. I'm no jittery neurotic, but I don't really want to be surrounded by a lot of people if I have a choice. John Cooper Clarke

People Fond Crowds Neurotic Lot Surrounded Want Really Choice

By the '80s, anything to do with punk was perceived as rancid. Me being known as the 'punk poet' meant my work and I plummeted. John Cooper Clarke

Work Me Punk Poet Perceived Known Being Anything Meant

The very pointlessness of a sea walk is it's attractiveness to me. John Cooper Clarke

Me Walk Attractiveness Very Sea

I love being on my bike, but I don't consider that a sport: it's too pleasant. John Cooper Clarke

Love Too Pleasant Consider I Love Sport Being Bike

At the beginning, there was no chance I'd get published so I thought I'd give it a go live. I had to perform in rock band places and working men's clubs, where you wouldn't expect to find poetry. I ploughed a lonely furrow. John Cooper Clarke

You Thought Men Lonely Band Beginning Live No Chance Find Give Poetry Had Perform Rock Rock Band Go Expect Get Where Places Clubs Working Published Chance