Author: Peter Hammill

Quotes

The passage of time is a continuing thing. At 18, you're going to live forever, and you are definitely not at 52, so that is a recurring topic. I still think it's the main stuff.

The passage of time is a continuing thing. At 18, you're going to live forever, and you are definitely not at 52, so that is a recurring topic. I still think it's the main stuff.

- Peter Hammill

I had then and still retain an interest in science for its own sake and as a metaphor for our current lives.

I had then and still retain an interest in science for its own sake and as a metaphor for our current lives.

- Peter Hammill

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.

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

My mother was from West Bromwich; my grandfather was Pakistani. I had an aunt who started trying to trace the family tree and stopped when she saw what turned up.

My mother was from West Bromwich; my grandfather was Pakistani. I had an aunt who started trying to trace the family tree and stopped when she saw what turned up.

- Peter Hammill

I had a vision of myself as a novelist because that was where I could be serious. I couldn't with music.

I had a vision of myself as a novelist because that was where I could be serious. I couldn't with music.

- Peter Hammill

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