Busking Quotes

“My puppy Lennon was my best mate and I wouldn’t let him go hungry. We were in this together and we shared everything – food, drink, sleeping accommodation. I drew the line at sniffing other dogs’ arses.”
― Bruce Reynolds, Street Beats

“From Glen to Glen
by Stewart Stafford

Solitary bike ride and you were dead,
The Ballymun Bard in Strawberry Bed,
Committed to your art, passion in voice,
The Grafton Troubadour made his choice.

Street, pub, arena with you as amplifier;
The listening public, your improv choir,
We had you but once, bittersweetly,
Life folding back upon itself neatly,

Gap in the soundboard of a holy guitar,
A tantalising future was a busk too far,
Visceral no more, see God in the clouds,
Your songs echo back from tribute crowds.

© 2026 Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford