Famous Quotes & Sayings

Syd Barrett

When we parted I had written everything for the group. My leaving sort of evened things out within the group.

Sid Vicious

I'll die before I'm 25, and when I do I'll have lived the way I wanted to.

Holly Johnson

I am financing the recording myself. So I have no big names to drop.

William Brewster

In the morning on Sunday, a drum is sounded at about 8 o'clock.

Will Champion

The first time we all played as a band, I think it was in January 1998, in Jonny's bedroom.

Will Champion

Two weeks later, we played our first concert and had 100 people there. It was pretty cool.

Bruce Dickinson

There are a lot of stuff on the record that I am thinking is generic but actually it is just as good as everybody else who is putting stuff out at the time.

Damon Albarn

As soon as it sounds fine, I'm on to the next thing, man.

Derek Bailey

For me, playing is about playing with other people.

Derek Bailey

In fact it's quite gratifying for me to see some of the people who really objected to this method of working now being quite so profligate in their use of it.

Robin Gibb

I think for anybody, any family, and I know there are families out there that are going through this even now, that it is the hardest thing in the world. Nobody is ever prepared for it.

Robin Gibb

Nobody will ever take Maurice's place, and he'll go on with us and he'll go on our music. He'll go on with us as the Bee Gees, and Maurice will always be with us.

When a man lacks mental balance in pneumonia he is said to be delirious. When he lacks mental balance without the pneumonia, he is pronounced insane by all smart doctors.

Research has been called good business, a necessity, a gamble, a game. It is none of these - it's a state of mind.

You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage.

A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions.

We humans are the greatest of earth's parasites.

Phil Collen

Every night is a joy; you get an hour and a half of all these hits. It's a lot of fun.

Phil Collen

We'd played for years to half-empty clubs in England.

Resorting to violence and the use of force at holy sites is unacceptable, whatever the reason might be.

Roy Harper

Remember, this was a world that was still ethnically separated. I was thirteen and ignorant of the social situation in America, but I felt these records were better than what my own culture was turning out.

Thomas Dolby

If you think back to the '70's, there were these new tools, with very few people using them in pop music. There's a real parallel with that now.

Thomas Dolby

If you're Take That for example, you don't need to be seen in the studio. But they have their own fans, and their fans would like a way to get closer.

Ritchie Blackmore

I had given up on the guitar between '75 and '78. I completely lost interest. I was sick of hearing other guitar players and I was tired of my tunes.

I think national pride leads to nothing but wars and hates.

Jacqueline du Pre

I have the same feeling when I walk in a very beautiful place that I have when I play and it goes right.

Thomas Dolby

In a way, my role now is to shift into the next set of tool, which is virtual reality and interactivity. That to me is very enticing.

I hope to soon be in contact with the man who is searching for Noah's ark.

Thomas Dolby

I'm actually more interested in the other half of the world, because I wouldn't like to be excluded from any of this technology.

Jonny Greenwood

There's the soundtrack to The French Connection II'I think It's my favorite soundtrack. It hasn't been released. I actually had to go and get the film and just make a recording of it to get the music.

Syd Barrett

I've got an idea that there must be someone to play with. If I was going to play properly, I should need some really good people.

Robin Gibb

It makes us feel better that everyone out there is thinking of Maurice.

Jonny Greenwood

It's kind of not about the quality of the art, as much as this is what I love doing and I'd have a worse time doing anything else. That's kind of as far as I think in terms of philosophy.