Peter Hammill quotes

Peter Hammill is an English singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the founder and frontman of progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. His solo career spans several decades and encompasses a wide range of musical styles and poetic lyricism. He is widely respected for his distinctive voice and influential contributions to the progressive rock genre. Here are 9 of his quotes:

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 more and more passive, less and less fired up with enthusiasm, in many spheres.

Peter Hammill

I continue to believe, contrary to the given wisdom, that it's more interesting to have an album - or, indeed, an individual song - which has variety rather than homogeneity.

Peter Hammill

I do flip between being chatty and argumentative - and being a psycho-loner werewolf.

Peter Hammill

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 been addressed, as I haven't had the time to go out and tout the songs.

Peter Hammill

I had then and still retain an interest in science for its own sake and as a metaphor for our current lives.

Peter Hammill

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

Being used to scientific terminology and theory it was always natural for me to push this stuff into songs.

Peter Hammill

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 is a recurring topic. I still think it's the main stuff.

Peter Hammill