The 53+ Robyn Hitchcock Quotes

People In The Future Look Back On Primitive Machinery Or Technology Or Painting, And In Some Ways, It Always Seems Amazingly Intricate And Finely Wrought.

I Could Never Be A Professional Comedian, 'cause You Have To Keep Telling The Same Jokes. For Me, They're Like Word Solos.

Like Trillions Of Others, If It Wasn't For Bob Dylan, It Would Have Been A Different Musical Landscape. Pop Music Wouldn't Have Been My Thing At All. I Did Also Grow Up Listening To The Beatles, But I Never Thought Of Being A Beatle.

I Think The Beatles Are The Lasting Influence On Me, Even More So Than Dylan.

If I Played Just One Song From Every Album, I Would Be Onstage For Two And A Half Hours. No One Wants A Show That Long.

I've Never Been Burdened With A Hit Record, So I Don't Have To Play The Same Songs. I Play Songs People Think They Like.

Generally, I Have An Instinct For The Noncommercial. And The Unpopular.

I Would Be Quite Happy Never To Play Any Of My Better-known Songs Again. But Unless You're Dylan, You Can't Afford To Completely Disregard What Your Audience Wants.

Most Comedians I Know Are Quite Serious, Anxious People Who Find Life Rather Difficult. As A Consequence, They Make People Laugh.

The Band Is Like A Vintage Car. You Take It Out To Go For A Spin For A Couple Miles, But You Wouldn't Drive Across The Country.

One Of The Ideas Behind Doing This Acoustic Record Is That I Didn't Want To Have To Produce It By Committee.

I'm Not Really A Good Singer. But Most People Aren't, Either.