Peter Hammill Quotes

I Continue To Believe, Contrary To The Given Wisdom, That It's More Interesting To Have An Album - Or, Indeed, An Individual Song - Which Has Variety Rather Than Homogeneity.

Being Used To Scientific Terminology And Theory It Was Always Natural For Me To Push This Stuff Into Songs.

Marc Almond Has Done A Couple Of Covers, A Few People In Europa Have Done Them. I Own All The Publishing. It's Never Really Been Addressed, As I Haven't Had The Time To Go Out And Tout The Songs.

I Had Then And Still Retain An Interest In Science For Its Own Sake And As A Metaphor For Our Current Lives.

The Crucial Question One Comes Back To Is The Examination; Without That Experience Is Meaningless. And I Think It's True That Society Is Becoming More And More Passive, Less And Less Fired Up With Enthusiasm, In Many Spheres.

The Passage Of Time Is A Continuing Thing. At 18, Youre Going To Live Forever, And You Are Definitely Not At 52, So That Is A Recurring Topic. I Still Think Its The Main Stuff.

He Is Trying To Decide Which Of Two Daydreams He Will Inhabit.

A Definition Is Death. A Definition Is The Answer To Which You Must Look Up The Question In The Back Of Your Book.

Actually I Think Art Lies In Both Directions - The Broad Strokes, Big Picture But On The Other Hand The Minute Examination Of The Apparently Mundane. Seeing The Whole World In A Grain Of Sand, That Kind Of Thing.