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Andy Partridge quotes

Musician November 11, 1953

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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. Andy Partridge
We do this for the art, not the adulation. I'd rather our music get liked and we get ignored. I don't want to be adored for anything other than the music. Andy Partridge
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. Andy Partridge
Andy Partridge quote: "My parents, especially my mother, were no influence on me..."
My parents, especially my mother, were no influence on me whatsoever. Andy Partridge
If it's a good LP, you'll get that tingle that makes you put it on again no matter what your initial reaction was. On the other hand, if you don't get that tingle, you'd better take it straight down to the record exchange. Andy Partridge
You know, I was such a big Beatles fan, and when I'd buy a new album I'd invariably hate it the first time I heard it 'cause it was a mixture of absolute joy and absolute frustration. I couldn't grasp what they'd done, and I'd hate myself for that. Andy Partridge
Terry said he had this new kid and his wife didn't want to live in England. He wanted to tour. He hated being in the studio. Terry liked seeing various bars the world over and getting smashed out of his brain. He was a sort of latent Keith Moon. Andy Partridge
It was in San Diego and I was onstage and couldn't remember how to play the guitar properly. I was in terrible pain and my nervous system was just going wild, like somebody had just run a car over me. Andy Partridge
Andy Partridge quote: "I suppose my father was more influential in my starting to..."
I suppose my father was more influential in my starting to play the guitar. Andy Partridge
Andy Partridge quote: "Come English Settlement, I had it in my head that I didn't..."
Come English Settlement, I had it in my head that I didn't want to tour. Andy Partridge
I met Jack Bruce, one of my heroes, in a studio while doing some recording. England had just beat Scotland in a big football match and I saw Jack trying to break into this refrigerator in the lounge, drunk out of his brain, and I didn't know what to say. Andy Partridge
Andy Partridge quote: "I actually got really petrified by the thought of people..."
I actually got really petrified by the thought of people seeing me. Andy Partridge
Andy Partridge quote: "People will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything..."
People will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything with 'welcome' written on it. Andy Partridge
Andy Partridge quote: "It's sort of what jazz would be if it stopped being snobby and..."
It's sort of what jazz would be if it stopped being snobby and what rock would be if it stopped being stupid. Andy Partridge
It's very schizophrenic because I like a lot of very straight pop, like Small Faces, Stones, Kinks; and on the other hand, I like a lot of avant garde things. Andy Partridge

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