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> [I've always been a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde. I always feel that you should keep singles as commercial as possible so that the people can walk down the road and whistle a song. But on the other hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/i-ve-always-been-a-bit-of-a-jekyll-and-hyde-i-always-feel-that-you/)

[Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/)

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## More by Roy Wood

> [I named it that because more or less each person from the band used to play in other bands and when we left respective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/i-named-it-that-because-more-or-less-each-person-from-the-band-used/)

[Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/)

> [The best thing I ever heard was in the '60s. I heard Jimi Hendrix play 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow' after a rehearsal,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/the-best-thing-i-ever-heard-was-in-the-60s-i-heard-jimi-hendrix-play/)

[Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/)

> [Unfortunately, most of the songs that I write I don't write them with guitar in mind. I just write it as a song and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/unfortunately-most-of-the-songs-that-i-write-i-don-t-write-them-with/)

[Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/)

> [Well, obviously I wanted it to sound as original as possible. I suppose the influences that we had were probably from the actual power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/well-obviously-i-wanted-it-to-sound-as-original-as-possible-i-suppose/)

[Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/)

> [I've always been that way. I'm not very good at reading music but I'm pretty quick at picking things up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/i-ve-always-been-that-way-i-m-not-very-good-at-reading-music-but-i-m/)

[Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/)

> [The first people I ever saw were probably Little Richard and Gene Vincent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/the-first-people-i-ever-saw-were-probably-little-richard-and-gene/)

[Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/)

> [I think it was probably down to the fact that we weren't together personally as a band. We weren't pulling in the same direction.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/i-think-it-was-probably-down-to-the-fact-that-we-weren-t-together/)

[Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/)

> [We happened to be in the studio next door and I think Noel Redding came around and said, 'Do you fancy having a sing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/we-happened-to-be-in-the-studio-next-door-and-i-think-noel-redding/)

[Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/)

> [Even though we didn't actually record it as the Move I had already written a song called 'Dear Elaine,' which I subsequently put on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/even-though-we-didn-t-actually-record-it-as-the-move-i-had-already/)

[Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/)

> [We should have gone over years before that. I always wanted to and I think most of the band did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/we-should-have-gone-over-years-before-that-i-always-wanted-to-and-i/)

[Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/)

> [Of course, the wind sort of swept up and the music was flying around in mid air and they were trying to play off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/of-course-the-wind-sort-of-swept-up-and-the-music-was-flying-around/)

[Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/)

> [To me, 'Blackberry Way' stands up as a song that could be sung in any era, really. We do it with the new doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/to-me-blackberry-way-stands-up-as-a-song-that-could-be-sung-in-any/)

[Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/)

> [When we were first started we were doing a lot of Motown stuff, but actually playing it more in a rock way. Everybody in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/when-we-were-first-started-we-were-doing-a-lot-of-motown-stuff-but/)

[Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/)

> [I think we were probably playing live for about 12 months before we got a recording deal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/i-think-we-were-probably-playing-live-for-about-12-months-before-we/)

[Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/)

> [When we did a lot of that Motown stuff there were four of us on the front line. When we started the evening we'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/when-we-did-a-lot-of-that-motown-stuff-there-were-four-of-us-on-the/)

[Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/)

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