I'd been listening to African-American music since the first record I ever bought, which was by Sam Cooke. And it sounds more like my private thoughts that I never thought I would be able to articulate - I never thought… — David Toop Copy Share Image
Paul [ Burwell] and I had also got interested in making books. We'd been working with Bob Cobbing, the sound poet, since the beginning… — David Toop Copy Share Image
The Musicians Union declared you couldn't mime on Top Of The Pops, which is obviously impossible, if you've got a studio-based record that you'd… — David Toop Copy Share Image
I was associated with the Artist Placement Group in the early 1970s and David Hall, the video artist, was an Artist Placement Group artist. I was completely broke at that time, and he said to me, "Come and do some teaching" - he was head of department at Maidstone College of Art. And I went and did a couple of… — David Toop Copy Share
I guess we all had that work ethic. None of us were rock stars, so if you had time in a studio, it was… — David Toop Copy Share Image
At that time, 73 and 74, I became aware that there were a number of us making instruments. Max Eastley was a good friend… — David Toop Copy Share Image
One of the nicest things is that I still get, very ambiguously, people saying to me, "Oh, I'm just reading your book." And I… — David Toop Copy Share Image
I think I sent one [book] to Brian Eno. I don't know how I got to know his address, but I sent one to him. He called me up and he said, "I really like the book, and I'm starting a new label, would you liked to do something?" It was a tricky situation for me, because I've always had… — David Toop Copy Share
There's a sense of trajectories that are extraordinary about a life like this. You can reconnect with people and go back to playing with… — David Toop Copy Share Image
The longer we live, the more we are obliged to confront the deeper meaning of what it is we do. — David Toop Copy Share Image
I think I was like [a game of] skittles, knocked apart by this wooden ball, and there's a strength to that: you're not too… — David Toop Copy Share Image
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