John Cooper Clarke Quotes

John Cooper Clarke is an English performance poet who first became famous during the punk rock era of the late 1970s when he became known as a "punk poet". He released several albums in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and continues to perform regularly.

His recorded output has mainly relied on musical backing from the Invisible Girls, which featured Martin Hannett, Steve Hopkins, Pete Shelley, Bill Nelson, and Paul Burgess. Wikipedia  

✵ 25. January 1951
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Famous John Cooper Clarke Quotes

“You can count on him. He'll always let you down.”

23rd :Snap, Crackle and Bop (1980).
"Do not go mental, and with that, goodnight."

“I don't think people would describe me as being tall any more, but if you had to describe me back then you would have said 'tall and thin.'”

You don't really see as much stunted malnourishment nowadays.
Source: I Wanna Be Yours (2020), p. 133.

“You know, like they say: never trust a thin chef, or a doctor with leprosy.”

Source: I Wanna Be Yours (2020), p. 99.

“I was arrested on the flimsiest of evidence.  I was occupying the driver's seat of a car that didn't belong to me.”

Series 1 - Crime and Retribution (23 Nov 2016)
BBC Radio 4 - Dr John Cooper Clarke at the BBC (Nov 2016)

John Cooper Clarke Quotes

“I always judge people by appearances; don't you anyway? I think clothes are important; that's where the nudist camp falls down.”

Series 1 - Textiles (9 Nov 2016)
BBC Radio 4 - Dr John Cooper Clarke at the BBC (Nov 2016)

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