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Linton Kwesi Johnson Quotes: "Back in those early days when I began my apprenticeship as a poet, I also tried to voice our anger, spirit of defiance and resistance in a Jamaican poetic idiom."

Back in those early days when I began my apprenticeship as a poet, I also tried to voice our anger, spirit of defiance and resistance in a Jamaican poetic idiom.



Linton Kwesi Johnson Quotes: "The more I read my poems, the more I find out about them. I still read them with the same passion I felt when I wrote them as a young man."

The more I read my poems, the more I find out about them. I still read them with the same passion I felt when I wrote them as a young man.




Linton Kwesi Johnson Quotes: "Once you have a disease like cancer, you look at life a bit differently. Some things that were important no longer seem as important as they were."

Once you have a disease like cancer, you look at life a bit differently. Some things that were important no longer seem as important as they were.



Linton Kwesi Johnson Quotes: "I have never, ever sought validation from the arbiters of British poetic taste."

I have never, ever sought validation from the arbiters of British poetic taste.




Linton Kwesi Johnson Quotes: "At the end of the day, life's about realising one's human potential. I don't know if I've realised mine, but I've certainly gone a long way towards realising some goals and some dreams."

At the end of the day, life's about realising one's human potential. I don't know if I've realised mine, but I've certainly gone a long way towards realising some goals and some dreams.



Linton Kwesi Johnson Quotes: "I don't go to see bands any more because I've got tinnitus, so I have to avoid loud music. You get used to it, but when it's quiet you hear a constant ringing."

I don't go to see bands any more because I've got tinnitus, so I have to avoid loud music. You get used to it, but when it's quiet you hear a constant ringing.