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> [Every time when it comes to writing a book, I think, "I'm the last person in the world that should be doing this, I don't know anything, I can't do this." And I went through years of that with Into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-toop/every-time-when-it-comes-to-writing-a-book-i-think-i-m-the-last/)

[David Toop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-toop/)

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## More by David Toop

> [I had the idea to do an anthology about instrument-making.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-toop/i-had-the-idea-to-do-an-anthology-about-instrument-making/)

[David Toop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-toop/)

> [ Paul \[ Burwell\] and I had also got interested in making books. We'd been working with Bob Cobbing, the sound poet, since the beginning… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-toop/paul-burwell-and-i-had-also-got-interested-in-making-books-we-d-been/)

[David Toop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-toop/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-toop/the-musicians-union-declared-you-couldn-t-mime-on-top-of-the-pops/)

[David Toop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-toop/)

> [Being a critic is a terrific method for killing your love of art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-toop/being-a-critic-is-a-terrific-method-for-killing-your-love-of-art/)

[David Toop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-toop/)

> [I was associated with the Artist Placement Group in the early 1970s and David Hall, the video artist, was an Artist Placement Group artist.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-toop/i-was-associated-with-the-artist-placement-group-in-the-early-1970s/)

[David Toop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-toop/)

> [I guess we all had that work ethic. None of us were rock stars, so if you had time in a studio, it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-toop/i-guess-we-all-had-that-work-ethic-none-of-us-were-rock-stars-so-if/)

[David Toop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-toop/)

> [At that time, 73 and 74, I became aware that there were a number of us making instruments. Max Eastley was a good friend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-toop/at-that-time-73-and-74-i-became-aware-that-there-were-a-number-of-us/)

[David Toop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-toop/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-toop/one-of-the-nicest-things-is-that-i-still-get-very-ambiguously-people/)

[David Toop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-toop/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-toop/i-think-i-sent-one-book-to-brian-eno-i-don-t-know-how-i-got-to-know/)

[David Toop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-toop/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-toop/there-s-a-sense-of-trajectories-that-are-extraordinary-about-a-life/)

[David Toop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-toop/)

> [The longer we live, the more we are obliged to confront the deeper meaning of what it is we do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-toop/the-longer-we-live-the-more-we-are-obliged-to-confront-the-deeper/)

[David Toop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-toop/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-toop/i-think-i-was-like-a-game-of-skittles-knocked-apart-by-this-wooden/)

[David Toop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-toop/)

> [We drank quite a lot and Tony Harrington said, "We're thinking of starting a record label at The Wire; how about you do a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-toop/we-drank-quite-a-lot-and-tony-harrington-said-we-re-thinking-of/)

[David Toop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-toop/)

> [I don't mean I give the same intensity to everything I do - if I did that, I'd be dead, but I'm very conscious,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-toop/i-don-t-mean-i-give-the-same-intensity-to-everything-i-do-if-i-did/)

[David Toop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-toop/)

> [New ideas emerge of their own free will if they are allowed to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-toop/new-ideas-emerge-of-their-own-free-will-if-they-are-allowed-to/)

[David Toop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-toop/)

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