Neil Innes Quotes

Ladies and gentleman, I've suffered for my music, now it's your turn.
Neil Innes

Music, Gentleman, Turn

And Roger was crazy with his robots and everything.
Neil Innes

Crazy, Robots, Roger

But Dennis was a really solid musician, and we really needed somebody who could play bass like him.
Neil Innes

Him, Play, Somebody

But I mean, again, Zappa's far more musical than the Bonzos ever were.
Neil Innes

Mean, Again, Far

But I remember we sold nearly 18,000 records in one day.
Neil Innes

Remember, Records, Nearly

But mostly, I wrote songs and Viv wrote songs.
Neil Innes

Songs, Mostly, Wrote

But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles.
Neil Innes

Old, Song, Used

Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder.
Neil Innes

Wanted, Shoulder, Parrot

I mean Gorilla was really our first sort of goes at songwriting.
Neil Innes

Mean, Goes, Gorilla

I mean in recent years, I think you've only got to sell thirty or forty thousand to get a #1.
Neil Innes

Mean, Thousand, Sell

I see my role in the Bonzos as being the straight man, in many ways.
Neil Innes

Ways, Role, Straight

I suppose Roger had the license to do anything that fitted the venue.
Neil Innes

Venue, Fitted, License

I think most musicians do like to have a laugh.
Neil Innes

Laugh, Musicians

I used to help Viv with the chords and melodies sometimes.
Neil Innes

Help, Sometimes, Used

I wasn't aware that Track Records were interested in the Bonzos.
Neil Innes

Interested, Records, Aware

In fact, Moon came on tour with us for a bit just before a big festival in Brighton, I think.
Neil Innes

Before, Big, Fact

In many ways, Viv and I were the only ones who were really songwriters.
Neil Innes

Larry only ever wrote one song, and he wrote that with Tony Kaye, I think it was, from Yes.
Neil Innes

Song, Yes, Larry

So we used to look for funny songs, and learn them and play them. And we used to play them in pubs.
Neil Innes

Funny, Play, Learn

We weren't by any means like the Grateful Dead or something, who could just roll on and on and on.
Neil Innes

Grateful, Dead, Means

We weren't going to play the show-biz game, and be obsequious.
Neil Innes

Game, Play, Weren

As I said, when we needed to move over to rock'n'roll, Sam and Vernon couldn't quite make the shift. So that's when Larry took over on drums, and we needed a bass player.
Neil Innes

Rock, Said, Move

Because Larry, by then, was a drummer, who would sort of get bored and tired, and rather stand up and blow kisses to people. So we needed the bass to sort of drive along.
Neil Innes

Tired, Bored, Rather

I suppose we all loved those kind of sci-fi movies where terrible things came out of swamps and came to Mars. And there's usually some poor girl. All the guys are trying to desperately handle levers and saying, go to something or other.
Neil Innes

Movies, Girl, Saying

It was just us lampooning our own peer group, saying, well hey, where did this stuff come from? And where does British guys get to be so good at it suddenly?
Neil Innes

Good, Saying, Group

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Writer

Born: December 9, 1944

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