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Peter Hammill
7 quotes
“Obviously we're English middle-class chaps - there's not much voodoo chile about us.”
Peter Hammill (born 1948) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the time Van der Graaf Generator supported Jimi Hendrix. "Peter Hammill: Heart attack music" Interview with The Independent, 27 June 2004
“It is actually, in a way, an incredibly mundane experience. Not everyone has a heart attack but everyone has something or other, so I'm not remotely special. Just because I write songs doesn't make it a better or worse near-death experience.”
Peter Hammill (born 1948) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Mike Barnes, The Wire, March 2007
“Re-awakening isn't easy when you're tired. Don't push me: I was taught self-expression when I was a child”
Peter Hammill (born 1948) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Re-awakening" on Fool's Mate (1971)
“The streets seemed very crowded, I put on my bravest guise I know you know that I am acting, I can see it in your eyes.”
Peter Hammill (born 1948) first seen 1976 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: La Rossa" on Still Life by Van der Graaf Generator (1976)
“These words are not enough to save my soul, they just mock me from the mirror.”
Peter Hammill (born 1948) first seen 1977 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This side of the Looking-Glass" on Over (1977)
“She's here now, perfume coiled like a thuggee scarf”
Peter Hammill (born 1948) first seen 1981 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Empress's Clothes" on Sitting Targets (1981)
“If we were always here and now, electric shiver in the spine, how could we turn away, see life as grey and drab? How come we don't see what we have?”
Peter Hammill (born 1948) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Now Lover" on 'Skin (1986)