Come English Settlement, I had it in my head that I didn't want to tour. Andy Partridge Musician More Andy Partridge Quotes 0
I met Jack Bruce, one of my heroes, in a studio while doing some recording. England had just beat Scotland in a big football match and I saw Jack trying to break into this refrigerator in the lounge, drunk out of his brain, and I didn't know what to say. Andy Partridge Musician More Andy Partridge Quotes 0
It was in San Diego and I was onstage and couldn't remember how to play the guitar properly. I was in terrible pain and my nervous system was just going wild, like somebody had just run a car over me. Andy Partridge Musician More Andy Partridge Quotes 0
It's sort of what jazz would be if it stopped being snobby and what rock would be if it stopped being stupid. Andy Partridge Musician More Andy Partridge Quotes 0
My parents, especially my mother, were no influence on me whatsoever. Andy Partridge Musician More Andy Partridge Quotes 0
People will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything with 'welcome' written on it. Andy Partridge Musician More Andy Partridge Quotes 0
Terry said he had this new kid and his wife didn't want to live in England. He wanted to tour. He hated being in the studio. Terry liked seeing various bars the world over and getting smashed out of his brain. He was a sort of latent Keith Moon. Andy Partridge Musician More Andy Partridge Quotes 0
We did a gig at the Marquee and we were supposed to be paid five pounds but we never got it, and it cost us something like 10 pounds in petrol to get there to do it. So what we did was steal some equipment from The Marquee. Andy Partridge Musician More Andy Partridge Quotes 0
We do this for the art, not the adulation. I'd rather our music get liked and we get ignored. I don't want to be adored for anything other than the music. Andy Partridge Musician More Andy Partridge Quotes 0
You know, I was such a big Beatles fan, and when I'd buy a new album I'd invariably hate it the first time I heard it 'cause it was a mixture of absolute joy and absolute frustration. I couldn't grasp what they'd done, and I'd hate myself for that. Andy Partridge Musician More Andy Partridge Quotes 0