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. Peter Hammill Read Quote
I suppose, in a way, one could say I may be less interested in my career than the audience is. Not to mean that I’m disinterested in my career, but I don’t see it in terms of one stepping stone or, ‘Now I’m going to go into my blue phase,’ or what have you. Peter Hammill Read Quote
The passage of time is a continuing thing. At 18, you’re going to live forever, and you are definitely not at 52, so that is a recurring topic. I still think it’s the main stuff. Peter Hammill Read Quote
If you’re going to have a heart attack, mine was the kind to have. I’m thankful that it hasn’t affected my output or my capacity to perform. And it has given me a lot to think and write about. Peter Hammill Read Quote
I’m not sure that Jesuits ever produce faithful Catholics. Because they’re too fierce. It is Sturm und Drang, and it is guilt – it is all that battlefield stuff. Peter Hammill Read Quote
It costs so much to promote something these days that almost always safety is the preferred option, reference back to things which have been successful in the past. Also, people are simply not given the time to develop and find themselves and their audience as we were. Peter Hammill Read Quote
Being used to scientific terminology and theory it was always natural for me to push this stuff into songs. Peter Hammill Read Quote
More people seem to know the Van der Graaf Generator material than my solo work – thanks, I suppose, to their parents’ lingering vinyl collections. Peter Hammill Read Quote
My mother was from West Bromwich; my grandfather was Pakistani. I had an aunt who started trying to trace the family tree and stopped when she saw what turned up. Peter Hammill Read Quote
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. Peter Hammill Read Quote
