British Quotes

I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function.

When you sing with a group of people, you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness because a capella singing is all about the immersion of the self into the community. That's one of the great feelings - to stop being me for a little while and to become us. That way lies empathy, the

If you want to make someone feel emotion, you have to make them let go. Listening to something is an act of surrender.

I don't live in the past at all; I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.

They were keen for me still to play the piano, which I was going to, but 45 minutes of piano would be extremely boring. I like a bit of light and shade.

There's a clip where he had someone miming me running around from keyboard to keyboard. Oh dear, I am sure a lot of people didn't know what he was going on about.

The best thing about this band is I'm the leader!

Since this our first show, I think they'll see us sweat a lot.

Next year I'm going to be a guesting soloist with orchestras all over Europe, to start off with.

My sons are into German music, but they are into all kinds of music.

If you're a good parent, see the changes that are happening in your kids.

If we didn't do the tour, it would have been disastrous.

If they want a photograph, then just take it.

If it wasn't good, I wouldn't be going back out on tour.

I've never written a book before.

I've gone through hell and back.

I've broken my nose, I've broken ribs. You name it. In fact, we just got back from South America, and I fell over a monitor speaker on the stage and almost ended up in the front row of the audience. I managed to sprain my wrist on that one but luckily nothing was broken.

I'm proud of my kids, they are doing what they want to do.

I'm not a rich man, and Greg Lake is certainly not. I don't know how he can survive. I don't know how he can be that suicidal. But having said that, I'd love to be there to help Greg.

I was always playing the Hammond Organ back to front even during the days of the Nice, going back to 1968. Really what I was doing there, was choosing notes at random and trying to make some sense of them, improvising back to front.

I remember that I used to mix with my friends who had brothers and sisters. I was an only child.

I love my mother dearly, but it wouldn't be suitable for me to live with her all the time.

I had written movie scores, television series, played with other people. Carl had done the same with Asia, with other bands, everything. We weren't about to entrust Greg automatically with a production credit.

I guess when Rick is finished with his Journey to the Centre of the Earth, then we might have a go at something. We'd like to, we're open to it, and we've been talking about it.

I don't regard myself as a great classical or jazz pianist. I like country music, but I'm not a great player. I just like music. Drums 'n' bass is pretty exciting and I'd love to explore it.

I don't care who I play to, as long as they enjoy listening to what I play.

I consider everything I compose a gift.

Find a good teacher, as I found for my sons. I feel the worst thing you can do is to try and teach your own children yourself, because there is a natural rebellion that occurs.

At the Isle of Wight, the sound went out and kind of kept on going. And I wasn't... when I came off stage I was kind of unhappy about how we had played. But now, I listen back to those recordings and it's not bad.

There's a shortage of perfects breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours.