I don't really have the gift of the sustained narrative that you need to write a book. I've tried a couple of times, and it just doesn't work. But I get some good passages, so what I'm going to do is just take sections out of them. Robyn Hitchcock More Quotes by Robyn Hitchcock More Quotes From Robyn Hitchcock An un-named song is like an un-named child, it has no identity. Robyn Hitchcock identitysongchildren There's nothing in the future and there's nothing in the past. There is only this one moment, and you've got to make it last. Robyn Hitchcock lastsphilosophypast In this world of doubt, one thing is certain for me; that I will go on writing songs up to and - I hope, through heavenly means or diabolical - beyond the day I die. Robyn Hitchcock writingsongmean I think The Beatles are the lasting influence on me, even more so than Dylan. Robyn Hitchcock dylaninfluencethinking Using the word weird implies that there is a norm. Robyn Hitchcock norm If you miss someone too much you turn into them... though it doesn't seem to work for the Christian Church. Robyn Hitchcock missing-someonechurchchristian As soon as someone like me or David Lynch pops up everyone says hallelujah, how weird. Robyn Hitchcock hallelujahlike-mepops 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. Robyn Hitchcock growing-upmusicallistening Love is the distance between reality and pain. Robyn Hitchcock distancesadpain Playing acoustic and line drawings are the two things I'm most competent at. Robyn Hitchcock insecuritydrawingtwo You realize that the first Bryan Ferry album was pretty good although at the time it seemed a bit cheesy. Robyn Hitchcock cheesyalbumsfirsts 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. Robyn Hitchcock playsongthinking I was always jealous of something getting more attention. Robyn Hitchcock jealousattention After Nashville sushi and a long debate on Bob Dylan, we went into Woodland Studios at 10 pm that night for a look around, and jammed for 5 hours solid. Robyn Hitchcock pmsnashvillenight People's intelligence tends to be in inverse proportion to their number. People don't tend to get smarter as they get into bigger groups. Robyn Hitchcock groupsnumberspeople Generally, I have an instinct for the noncommercial. And the unpopular. Robyn Hitchcock instinct I thin many people's deviant behavior starts with dreams because dreams are so non-linear... as if there's an assumption that everything has to be linear or has to be plotted. Robyn Hitchcock assumptiondreampeople As soon as a norm is established, people start questioning it, which is probably a good thing in the end. Robyn Hitchcock good-thingsendspeople The Beatles were something everyone had in common; this was thirty years ago, there was Dr. Who and everybody knew who the Daleks were and there was The Beatles and everybody knew who George Harrison was. Robyn Hitchcock daleksdrsyears 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. Robyn Hitchcock would-beplaysong
