Peter Hammill

Being used to scientific terminology and theory it was always natural for me to push this stuff into songs. ↗

— Peter Hammill

#being #being used #into #me #natural

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

#believe #continue #contrary #given #homogeneity

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

— Peter Hammill

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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

#been #couple #covers #done #few

Seriously, these days I tend to shut up in terms of external analysis and DO try to let things speak for themselves, while still trying to get some depth into them. ↗

— Peter Hammill

#days #depth #external #get #i

So I, for one, didn't feel alienated by what happened in 77. ↗

— Peter Hammill

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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

#definitely #forever #going #i #live