I was working in, being a single parent with a grieving child of five years old. It was horrendous. I couldn't go out much, because I had my daughter to look after. So people used to come round, and Tony… — David Toop Copy Share Image
I'd just written the book Ocean Of Sound, and this terrible thing happened in my life: my wife committed suicide. I was a single parent because of that; I was completely shattered. I had a book that I'd just finished… — 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
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
I was associated with the Artist Placement Group in the early 1970s and David Hall, the video artist, was an Artist Placement Group artist.… — 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
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
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
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… — 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
The longer we live, the more we are obliged to confront the deeper meaning of what it is we do. — David Toop Copy Share
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
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… — David Toop Copy Share
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,… — David Toop Copy Share
