Music Quotes by Ian Dury

All I want for my birthday is another birthday.

— Ian Dury

Had a love affair with Nina in the back of my Cortina. A seasoned up hyena, could not have been more obscener.

— Ian Dury

There are a couple of ways to avoid death, one is to be magnificent.

— Ian Dury

“There ain't half been some clever bastards”

— Ian Dury

Sex, drugs, and rock and roll is all my brain and body need. Sex, drugs, and rock and roll is very good indeed.

— Ian Dury

“Here for a moment is a glimpse of my plan: All kids will be happy learning things. The wind will smell of wild flowers.…

— Ian Dury

For every good song, I write 20 bad ones I have to chuck away.

— Ian Dury

I'm in love with the person in the sandwich centre. If she didn't exist I'd have to invent her.

— Ian Dury

Hit me with your rhythm stick, it's nice to be a lunatic.

— Ian Dury

I'm not here to be remembered, I'm here to be alive.

— Ian Dury

I haven't shaken my fists at the moon.

— Ian Dury

Sex and drugs and rock and roll.

— Ian Dury