Andrew Taylor
Andrew Taylor
andy duran english-musician
As Andy says, being in this band in the early 1980s made you feel like you were part of a pizza. We were always one of the band, one of Duran Duran, or one of the Taylors.
months ragged record seven six tiger took
Seven and the Ragged Tiger took six months to record and finish.
people
Sometimes the problem is not the people in the band, but the people around the band.
album compared guess knew original
I guess when we were up against it, we knew this album was going to be compared to all the classic early material, because it was going back to the original five.
people power
Some people even went off to form another band, Power Station.
almost band call drift finally moment music slowly
I slowly started to drift back into music again. I finally got the call from John... about getting the band back together again. It was so out of the blue. I almost thought that the moment had passed.
needed
When you're in a band that's so big when you're young, you kind of lose your identity a little bit. You just become part of the band. I just needed to get away from it.
lightly walks
I have no desire to be a cat, which walks so lightly that it never creates a disturbance.
aside buy lay ready replace
My father was a progressive farmer, and was always ready to lay aside an old plough if he could replace it with one better constructed for its work. All through life, I have ever been ready to buy a better plough.
gift god man mind placed value
Of what value is a mind when placed in the brain of a coward? If mind is a gift of God to man for his use, let him use it. A mind is not in use when doing no good.
dome facts fail faulty feet men stamp successes throwing truth
You find that all men are successes or failures. Success is the stamp of truth. I will say all men who fail to place their feet on the dome of facts do so by not sieving all truth and throwing the faulty to one side.
deciding drum everybody groove guitar involved process
We're a real democracy. We go through a whole process where everybody is involved in deciding on everything from a drum groove to a guitar sound.
applying defensive kept kids style tight
We just kept applying our defensive pressure. There were a lot of tight fouls being called in the first half, but I told our kids we have to play our style of basketball.
lucky reclaim special
We're very lucky to be able to go back and reclaim something that was a very special part of all our lives.