Peter Hammill quotes

Peter Hammill quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“The crucial question one comes back to is the examination; without that experience is meaningless. And I think it's true that society is becoming more and more passive, less and less fired up with enthusiasm, in many spheres.”
-- Peter Hammill

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“Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane. Seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, that kind of thing.”
-- Peter Hammill

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“A definition is death. A definition is the answer to which you must look up the question in the back of your book.”
-- Peter Hammill

#Book Quotes #Definitions Quotes #Statistics Quotes
“He is trying to decide which of two daydreams he will inhabit.”
-- Peter Hammill

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“Being used to scientific terminology and theory it was always natural for me to push this stuff into songs.”
-- Peter Hammill

#Song Quotes #Stuff Quotes #Natural Quotes
“I continue to believe, contrary to the given wisdom, that it's more interesting to have an album - or, indeed, an individual song - which has variety rather than homogeneity.”
-- Peter Hammill

#Song Quotes #Believe Quotes #Interesting Quotes
“I had then and still retain an interest in science for its own sake and as a metaphor for our current lives.”
-- Peter Hammill

#Sake Quotes #Metaphor Quotes #Currents Quotes
“Marc Almond has done a couple of covers, a few people in Europa have done them. I own all the publishing. It's never really been addressed, as I haven't had the time to go out and tout the songs.”
-- Peter Hammill

#Song Quotes #Couple Quotes #People Quotes
“The passage of time is a continuing thing. At 18, youre going to live forever, and you are definitely not at 52, so that is a recurring topic. I still think its the main stuff.”
-- Peter Hammill

#Thinking Quotes #Forever Quotes #Stuff Quotes

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