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 like the band, you like the band. — Peter Hammill Copy Share Image
More people seem to know the Van der Graaf Generator material than my solo work - thanks, I suppose, to their parents' lingering vinyl collections. — Peter Hammill Copy Share Image
I do flip between being chatty and argumentative - and being a psycho-loner werewolf. — Peter Hammill Copy Share
My dictum has always been: 'This show is happening just here, just tonight, with these people who are in this hall, and nobody knows… — Peter Hammill Copy Share
I had a vision of myself as a novelist because that was where I could be serious. I couldn't with music. — Peter Hammill Copy Share
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… — Peter Hammill Copy Share
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… — Peter Hammill Copy Share
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… — Peter Hammill Copy Share
Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the… — Peter Hammill Copy Share
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… — Peter Hammill Copy Share
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… — Peter Hammill Copy Share
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… — Peter Hammill Copy Share
I continue to believe, contrary to the given wisdom, that it's more interesting to have an album - or, indeed, an individual song -… — Peter Hammill Copy Share
My mother was from West Bromwich; my grandfather was Pakistani. I had an aunt who started trying to trace the family tree and stopped… — Peter Hammill Copy Share
