16 Quotes by Kevin Ayers

Soft Machine were going more in the direction of fusion jazz and I didn't like that.

You can’t shine if you don’t burn.

I think that the basic philosophy was very good. It was just be nice to each other, and don’t step on other people’s toes and infringe on their freedom.

I can’t write songs unless I am in love.

Honestly, I just assume that whatever is going to happen to me is going to happen. There it goes: someone is there, someone isn’t there. This girl is here. This food is here. I think the clever people are the ones who do a little as possible.

The thing about ‘Soft Machine’ and me was that I never considered another profession.

That was something. As opposed to nothing.