What does it take to be an artist? Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
In the following SpokenWordArt.com exclusive, I perform my original spoken word poem, What does it take to be an artist?
The lyrics:
What does it take to be a poet?
What does it take to be an artist?Do you need money?
Do you need fans?
Do you need goals?
Do you need plans?Do you need promoters?
Do you need an agent?
Do you need a studio,
or can you make it with just a basement?What does it take to be a poet?
What does it take to be an artist?Do you need 100s of dollars worth of equipment?
Do you need 100s of CDs going out in each shipment?
Can you be an artist with poems written on napkins and crumpled up paper?
With your only audience being a 6-dollar-an-hour waiter?When nobody cares what you got to say…
When nobody listens to the song you play…
When nobody reads what you have to write…
When all you got is your art and your life…What does it take to be a poet?
What does it take to be an artist?
What do you think?
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