"[Poetry] It's probably the art form that has the least money involved, you know--there's no Top 100 Billboard of poets. There's no cocaine & glamour associated with it. People write it for the love of it and people read it for the love of it. Apart from the stylistic tricks you have up your sleeve, there's no way you can enhance your poetry--you can't electronically process it to make it better poetry. So that's what I really like about it. To me it's probably the most pure art form there is." -- Steve Kilbey of The Church, Australian TV interview c.1987, discussing his book of prose poetry, Earthed.

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