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I got into trad jazz, then mo...

I got into trad jazz, then modern jazz, then avant-garde jazz, between the ages of 16 to 18.

Roy Harper 9 quotes

Id just like to prove to myse...

Id just like to prove to myself that Im all here and all together and can get the best out of myself. Id also like to prove that to a couple of other people.

Roy Harper 9 quotes

I regret that I've never actu...

I regret that I've never actually managed to be inspired enough to get into anything else, and I should've been, I really should have been, because the piano can be a wonderful instrument. But I'm afraid that my inspiration is just purely on the words... and it's gonna stay there.

Roy Harper 9 quotes

I've seen such things as you ...

I've seen such things as you would not believe. I've seen motorbikes driven down hotel corridors - and had a go myself.

Roy Harper 9 quotes

I'm careful, controlled, bodi...

I'm careful, controlled, bodily conservative: if someone offered me a pill I'd only ever take a half.

Roy Harper 9 quotes

It's fantastic to put your ha...

It's fantastic to put your hands in the earth. I enjoy spending my time in heaven here. I don't care what you say, this is my heaven.

Roy Harper 9 quotes

As soon as I heard skiffle, I...

As soon as I heard skiffle, I loved it and I knew that I wanted to play it.

Roy Harper 9 quotes

I'd just like to prove to mys...

I'd just like to prove to myself that I'm all here and all together and can get the best out of myself. I'd also like to prove that to a couple of other people.

Roy Harper 9 quotes

If humanity was still in the ...

If humanity was still in the feral state, we wouldn't have any need for these huge conurbations that we have now, that have turned us into a different bunch all together. In the feral state we would be much more secure, much more familiar with each other, much more mentally well-balanced.

Roy Harper 9 quotes

I wanted to modernize music, ...

I wanted to modernize music, but more than that, to completely modernize people's attitudes towards life in general.

Roy Harper 9 quotes

I'm inspired by the poets, so...

I'm inspired by the poets, so I'm always going to give in that direction, rather than in any other. It's the making of me... and also the downfall of me.

Roy Harper 9 quotes

I was determined if I was goi...

I was determined if I was going to become a superstar it would be on my terms. I've had that ethic since the beginning.

Roy Harper 9 quotes

When I was 15, I was wearing ...

When I was 15, I was wearing sandals and corduroys, Guernsey, striped pullover, a beard that was hardly there, shades and a beret, and the goal was hanging out.

Roy Harper 9 quotes

I'm an amalgam of the 19th-ce...

I'm an amalgam of the 19th-century romantics and the beat poets.

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As a really young child, I wa...

As a really young child, I was listening to the echoes of the age before, music hall and stuff like that, as well as classical bits on the radio.

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At school, I was always daydr...

At school, I was always daydreaming and fiddling in inkwells, but I had to learn to grow up and become articulate. And doing that was what brought me into writing songs. It's like therapy for me, because it exposes what I'm really thinking.

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What I lack in height, I make ...

What I lack in height, I make up for in wicked good hearing.

Roy Harper 9 quotes

I'm inspired by the poets, so ...

I'm inspired by the poets, so I'm always going to give in that direction, rather than in any other. It's the making of me... and also the downfall of me.

Roy Harper 9 quotes

I regret that I've never actua...

I regret that I've never actually managed to be inspired enough to get into anything else, and I should've been, I really should have been, because the piano can be a wonderful instrument. But I'm afraid that my inspiration is just purely on the words... and it's gonna stay there.

Roy Harper 9 quotes

Id just like to prove to mysel...

Id just like to prove to myself that Im all here and all together and can get the best out of myself. Id also like to prove that to a couple of other people.

Roy Harper 9 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....