John Spiers quotes
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“A lot of English traditional music is guesswork anyway, so it's very difficult for people to be vehemently opposed to experimenting with it.”
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“If someone doesn't hate what you're doing - you're not doing very well.”
-- John SpiersSource : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
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“I mainly play traditional music, which by definition is music that you've heard someone else doing.”
-- John SpiersSource : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
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“Traditional folk music is about survival of the fittest song just like evolution is about survival of the fittest organism and generally the more times a song has been passed down the generations the more brilliant and concise it becomes as every link in that chain can add something good or remove something unnecessary.”
-- John SpiersSource : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
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“People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.”
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“It can be a little difficult to command attention when surrounded by lunatics,”
Source : Adam Foulds (2009). “The Quickening Maze”, p.17, Random House
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Source : Aidan Chambers (2004). “Postcards from No Man's Land”