John Cooper Clarke
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John Cooper Clarke, also known as JCC and "The Bard of Salford", is an English performance poet and comedian who was often referred to as a "punk poet" in the late 1970s.
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Never leave a bookies with a smile on your face.
BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs (21 July 2019)
Have I seen Schindler's List? I was on Schindler's list - Dr Schindler my dentist that is.
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[on the fear of a nervous breakdown] I don't think I ever lost this fear.
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John Cooper Clarke, also known as JCC and "The Bard of Salford", is an English performance poet and comedian who was often referred to as a "punk poet" in the late 1970s. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he released several albums and performed on stage with punk and post-punk bands and has continued to write and perform since. The title of his first poetry anthology, Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt, published in 1982, was also used for a documentary film about him in the same year.
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