Andy Partridge

People will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything with 'welcome' written on it. ↗

— 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. ↗

— Andy Partridge

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My parents, especially my mother, were no influence on me whatsoever. ↗

— Andy Partridge

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Anyway, I collapsed in France in the middle of a tour. I hadn't been eating properly, I was getting very phobic about audiences, and I collapsed in pure fright. ↗

— Andy Partridge

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By the early '70s I had gotten reasonable and I started to get in hundreds of groups that rehearsed and never played at all. I mean, the most important thing was to look good and have a great name. ↗

— Andy Partridge

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Come English Settlement, I had it in my head that I didn't want to tour. ↗

— Andy Partridge

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I actually got really petrified by the thought of people seeing me. ↗

— Andy Partridge

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I don't like touring and it seemed to be getting on top of me in a big way. ↗

— Andy Partridge

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I felt pressured by continuous touring. ↗

— Andy Partridge

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I suppose my father was more influential in my starting to play the guitar. ↗

— Andy Partridge

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