Kevin Ayers Quotes

England is so defined, the class system, your education. I think what was unique about the Canterbury scene.
Kevin Ayers

Education, Unique, System

Honestly, I just assume that whatever is going to happen to me is going to happen. There it goes: someone is there, someone isn't there. This girl is here. This food is here. I think the clever people are the ones who do a little as possible.
Kevin Ayers

Food, Girl, Someone

I can't write songs unless I am in love.
Kevin Ayers

Love, Write, Songs

I think that the basic philosophy was very good. It was just be nice to each other, and don't step on other people's toes and infringe on their freedom.
Kevin Ayers

Good, Freedom, Nice

If I am not in love, nothing is meaningful to me. I have no energy.
Kevin Ayers

Love, Nothing, Energy

That was something. As opposed to nothing.
Kevin Ayers

Nothing, Opposed

The music we made then was so amateurish, compared to the rest of mainstream pop or rock and roll. But what differentiated us from what everybody else was doing in the business was the fact that you could tell that these people came from different reference areas.
Kevin Ayers

Music, Business, Rock

The thing about 'Soft Machine' and me was that I never considered another profession.
Kevin Ayers

Another, Machine, Profession

These were all middle-class kids from literary backgrounds, joining this sort of train going by, this pop train, jumping on. Whereas the rest of the rock scene, you'll find that there's mostly working-class people.
Kevin Ayers

Rock, Find, Kids

We had literary references, so we knew what we were talking about. We could quote things, talk about books we'd read; you can say something, you don't have to explain it.
Kevin Ayers

Talk, Read, Books

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Biography

Nationality: English

Born: August 16, 1944

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