For me, poetry has no point in existing if it's not to be a prompt or aid to political and ethical change.

- John Kinsella

For me, the measure of a poem is the word, not the line.

- John Kinsella

Although in society in general, the idea of an Irish composer of 'classical music', or whatever you want to call it, is still a strange item, general…

- John Kinsella

If you stand back and look at it in a global sense you'll find this [Irish people in music] was happening everywhere. Which is just another example o…

- John Kinsella

Without style, there can be no identity.

- John Kinsella

One would always like things to get other performances. With the lack of publishing here it's almost impossible to have an orchestral work done abroa…

- John Kinsella