The passage of time is a continuing thing. At 18, youre going to live forever, and you are definitely not at 52, so that is a recurring topic. I stil…

- Peter Hammill

He is trying to decide which of two daydreams he will inhabit.

- Peter Hammill

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 mor…

- 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 have…

- 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…

- 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

A definition is death. A definition is the answer to which you must look up the question in the back of your book.

- Peter Hammill

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

- Peter Hammill

Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane.…

- Peter Hammill