79 Quotes by Andy Partridge

It’s sort of what jazz would be if it stopped being snobby and what rock would be if it stopped being stupid.

I leaned right over to kiss your stoney book A little jealous of the ships with whom you flirt A billion lovers with their cameras Snap to look and in my fantasy I sail beneath your skirt.

The early gigs were pretty panicky – and great, sweaty fun. We were brand new to most people, and they were willing to take anything brand new, for the first time in years.

Now that I’m out and I’m shouting in doorways Freed from a love more like murder I should be singing but in liberation Feel like a ship with no rudder.

By the early ’70s I had gotten reasonable and I started to get in hundreds of groups that rehearsed and never played at all. I mean, the most important thing was to look good and have a great name.

I’ve always liked the idea of improvised music. Improvised anything. It’s what conversation is.

Come English Settlement, I had it in my head that I didn’t want to tour.