Dr Paul Kelly, the artist formerly known as Paul Kelly, has written and shared a poem / statement on his Facebook page following the awarding of his Doctorate this week.
Paul Kelly and his sister Anne[/caption]Paul Kelly was awarded a Doctorate of Arts at the University of Adelaide for his contribution to Australian music. The university also recognised his work with Indigenous musicians.
Paul Kelly doctorate poem
I returned to my home town
They robed me in a coloured gown
By ancient ways I was led down
Young men and women all around
I spoke a speech beneath a clock
My sister beamed from the front dock
I tried hard not to speak a crock
By day’s end I was a Doc!
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Poem from Paul Kelly’s Facebook page
In accepting this Doctorate, Dr Kelly said, “I would like to thank the University of Adelaide for inviting me here and bestowing this honor. It is an honor I am delighted to accept because this place is where my grandfather Frank, my father John and my elder sister Anne all obtained degrees in the last century. My Grandfather’s was in 1906”.
In a message to students he said, “today is more a beginning than end. Studying never stops. I have been writing songs and playing music for 40-years and the more I know about it, the more I realize how little I know. The further I go in the deeper it gets. If I think of music as a big forest, I am only a little way inside the trees. If I think of it as a mountain range, I am still toiling in the foothills”.
Watch Paul Kelly’s honorary doctorate speech
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