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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hammill/the-passage-of-time-is-a-continuing-thing-at-18-you-re-going-to-live/)

[Peter Hammill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hammill/)

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## More by Peter Hammill

> [I do flip between being chatty and argumentative - and being a psycho-loner werewolf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hammill/i-do-flip-between-being-chatty-and-argumentative-and-being-a-psycho/)

[Peter Hammill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hammill/)

> [He is trying to decide which of two daydreams he will inhabit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hammill/he-is-trying-to-decide-which-of-two-daydreams-he-will-inhabit/)

[Peter Hammill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hammill/)

> [My dictum has always been: 'This show is happening just here, just tonight, with these people who are in this hall, and nobody knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hammill/my-dictum-has-always-been-this-show-is-happening-just-here-just/)

[Peter Hammill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hammill/)

> [I had a vision of myself as a novelist because that was where I could be serious. I couldn't with music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hammill/i-had-a-vision-of-myself-as-a-novelist-because-that-was-where-i-could/)

[Peter Hammill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hammill/)

> [To be honest, I don't know really what I do on stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hammill/to-be-honest-i-don-t-know-really-what-i-do-on-stage/)

[Peter Hammill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hammill/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hammill/marc-almond-has-done-a-couple-of-covers-a-few-people-in-europa-have/)

[Peter Hammill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hammill/)

> [If you're going to have a heart attack, mine was the kind to have. I'm thankful that it hasn't affected my output or my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hammill/if-you-re-going-to-have-a-heart-attack-mine-was-the-kind-to-have-i-m/)

[Peter Hammill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hammill/)

> [I'm not sure that Jesuits ever produce faithful Catholics. Because they're too fierce. It is Sturm und Drang, and it is guilt - it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hammill/i-m-not-sure-that-jesuits-ever-produce-faithful-catholics-because/)

[Peter Hammill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hammill/)

> [So I, for one, didn't feel alienated by what happened in 77.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hammill/so-i-for-one-didn-t-feel-alienated-by-what-happened-in-77/)

[Peter Hammill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hammill/)

> [Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hammill/actually-i-think-art-lies-in-both-directions-the-broad-strokes-big/)

[Peter Hammill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hammill/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hammill/the-passage-of-time-is-a-continuing-thing-at-18-you-re-going-to-live/)

[Peter Hammill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hammill/)

> [The crucial question one comes back to is the examination; without that experience is meaningless. And I think it's true that society is becoming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hammill/the-crucial-question-one-comes-back-to-is-the-examination-without/)

[Peter Hammill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hammill/)

> [There's always a Van der Graaf audience that wants to hear the band's sound. And totally fair enough. Why not? It's a band. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hammill/there-s-always-a-van-der-graaf-audience-that-wants-to-hear-the-band-s/)

[Peter Hammill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hammill/)

> [I continue to believe, contrary to the given wisdom, that it's more interesting to have an album - or, indeed, an individual song -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hammill/i-continue-to-believe-contrary-to-the-given-wisdom-that-it-s-more/)

[Peter Hammill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hammill/)

> [My mother was from West Bromwich; my grandfather was Pakistani. I had an aunt who started trying to trace the family tree and stopped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hammill/my-mother-was-from-west-bromwich-my-grandfather-was-pakistani-i-had/)

[Peter Hammill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hammill/)

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