High school was the first time I ever saw spoken word poetry. The first place I ever performed a poem was at my school, so in some ways it was the nu…

- Phil Kay

The first time I ever performed spoken word poetry in front of a big crowd, it totally failed. It ended, people barely clapped...in retrospect the po…

- Phil Kay

Fear of joy is the darkest of captivities.

- Phil Kay

My mother taught me this trick: if you repeat something over and over again it loses its meaning, for example homework homework homework homework hom…

- Phil Kay

When you are writing a spoken word poem, the tools you're working with are your voice, your body, how it's going to sound to someone when you're sayi…

- Phil Kay

I really do think inspiration comes from day-to-day life. I think there's things that pique our interest - not necessarily aha! moments - but things …

- Phil Kay