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Roger McGough Quotes

Roger McGough quotes

British Poet November 9, 1937

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If I do a poetry reading I want people to walk out and say they feel better for having been there - not because you've done a comedy performance but because you're talking about your father dying or having young children, things that touch your soul. Roger McGough
Roger McGough quote: "People can put their best poems straight onto the web."
People can put their best poems straight onto the web. Roger McGough
Yes, you can feel very alone as a poet and you sometimes think, is it worth it? Is it worth carrying on? But because there were other poets, you became part of a scene. Even though they were very different writers, it made it easier because you were together. Roger McGough
Roger McGough quote: "I was put off by people at school - my cabbage wasn't as good..."
I was put off by people at school - my cabbage wasn't as good as other people's, you know, so that put me off. Roger McGough
Roger McGough quote: "You will put on a dress of guilt and shoes with broken high..."
You will put on a dress of guilt and shoes with broken high ideals. Roger McGough
Roger McGough quote: "I wish the word whimsical wasn't used now."
I wish the word whimsical wasn't used now. Roger McGough
noone knows and noone seeswe lovers doing what we pleasebut people stop and point at theseten milk bottles a-turning into cheese Roger McGough
Roger McGough quote: "Whereas with poetry no one has to show anybody really, and you..."
Whereas with poetry no one has to show anybody really, and you don't have to tell anyone you're doing it. Roger McGough
Roger McGough quote: "If I decide to be indecisive, that's my decision."
If I decide to be indecisive, that's my decision. Roger McGough
Roger McGough quote: "I'm terrified of switching the computer on because there are..."
I'm terrified of switching the computer on because there are so many poems. Roger McGough
Roger McGough quote: "So it's off with the shellsuit and on with the Armanis, Bring..."
So it's off with the shellsuit and on with the Armanis, Bring out the champagne and the caviar sarnies Roger McGough
Roger McGough quote: "We shouldn't have got married, really. Shouldn't have got..."
We shouldn't have got married, really. Shouldn't have got married. Too young. Not ready for it. Roger McGough

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