Andy Partridge
Musician
1953-11-11
Andy Partridge is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as co-founder and principal songwriter of the band XTC. His writing has been widely recognized for melodic craft and lyrical detail.
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Quotes by Andy Partridge
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It's sort of what jazz would be if it stopped being snobby and what rock would be if it stopped being stupid.
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The early gigs were pretty panicky - and great, sweaty fun. We were brand new to most people, and they were willing to take anything brand new, for the first time in years.
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Terry said he had this new kid and his wife didn't want to live in England. He wanted to tour. He hated being in the studio. Terry liked seeing various bars the world over and getting smashed out of his brain. He was a sort of latent Keith Moon.
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If it's a good LP, you'll get that tingle that makes you put it on again no matter what your initial reaction was. On the other hand, if you don't get that tingle, you'd better take it straight down to the record exchange.
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People will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything with 'welcome' written on it.
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