Neil Innes famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

And Roger was crazy with his robots and everything.
-- Neil Innes

#Crazy #Roger #Robots
I think most musicians do like to have a laugh.
-- Neil Innes

#Thinking #Laughing #Musician
I suppose we all loved those kind of sci-fi movies where terrible things came out of swamps and came to Mars. And there's usually some poor girl. All the guys are trying to desperately handle levers and saying, go to something or other.
-- Neil Innes

#Girl #Guy #Trying
I see my role in the Bonzos as being the straight man, in many ways.
-- Neil Innes

#Men #Roles #Way
I mean in recent years, I think you've only got to sell thirty or forty thousand to get a #1.
-- Neil Innes

#Mean #Thinking #Years
But I mean, again, Zappa's far more musical than the Bonzos ever were.
-- Neil Innes

#Mean #Musical #Zappa
Answers given with authority negate the search for truth.
-- Neil Innes

#Learning #Answers #Authority
As I said, when we needed to move over to rock'n'roll, Sam and Vernon couldn't quite make the shift. So that's when Larry took over on drums, and we needed a bass player.
-- Neil Innes

#Moving #Player #Rocks
When we did Top of the Pops for the third time, we decided to do it as a television program here called Come Dancing, which is not as rude as it sounds.
-- Neil Innes

#Dancing #Rude #Sound
Because Larry, by then, was a drummer, who would sort of get bored and tired, and rather stand up and blow kisses to people. So we needed the bass to sort of drive along.
-- Neil Innes

#Tired #Kissing #Blow
But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles.
-- Neil Innes

#Song #Silly #Looks
In fact, Moon came on tour with us for a bit just before a big festival in Brighton, I think.
-- Neil Innes

#Thinking #Moon #Festivals
Ladies and gentlemen, Ive suffered for my music ... now its your turn.
-- Neil Innes

#Gentleman #Turns #Ladies And Gentlemen
I suppose Roger had the license to do anything that fitted the venue.
-- Neil Innes

#Roger #Venues
Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder.
-- Neil Innes

#Eric #Shoulders #Parrots
I wasn't aware that Track Records were interested in the Bonzos.
-- Neil Innes

#Track #Records

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