35 Quotes by Neil Innes

Because Larry, by then, was a drummer, who would sort of get bored and tired, and rather stand up and blow kisses to people. So we needed the bass to sort of drive along.

It was just us lampooning our own peer group, saying, well hey, where did this stuff come from? And where does British guys get to be so good at it suddenly?

When we did Top of the Pops for the third time, we decided to do it as a television program here called Come Dancing, which is not as rude as it sounds.

But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles.

I see my role in the Bonzos as being the straight man, in many ways.

I suppose Roger had the license to do anything that fitted the venue.

I think most musicians do like to have a laugh.

I used to help Viv with the chords and melodies sometimes.

In many ways, Viv and I were the only ones who were really songwriters.