I've written a lot of wordy, erudite, pretentious songs, but believe it or not, I'm usually doing my damnedest to resist the temptation to be overly "clever," and trying to keep things as accessible - and singable - as possible.
I wanted to be a poet and/or an artist, but I was very lazy (frightened of failure, I guess) and drank too much. - Peter Blegvad
I wanted to be a poet and/or an artist, but I was very lazy (frightened of failure, I guess) and drank too much.
- Peter Blegvad
My ignorance would require a volume to itself. Between its covers would be preserved a record of the spurious model of all creation I had in my head,… - Peter Blegvad
My ignorance would require a volume to itself. Between its covers would be preserved a record of the spurious model of all creation I had in my head,…
For decades I'd flit from drawing table to typewriter to guitar with no sense of strain or contradiction. They all exercised the same psychic muscle … - Peter Blegvad
For decades I'd flit from drawing table to typewriter to guitar with no sense of strain or contradiction. They all exercised the same psychic muscle …
I remember Bob Dylan saying in an interview that at a certain point he'd had to learn to do consciously what he'd previously done unconsciously or au… - Peter Blegvad
I remember Bob Dylan saying in an interview that at a certain point he'd had to learn to do consciously what he'd previously done unconsciously or au…
I'd done a drawing of the model using only peripheral vision, looking at a spot on the wall to the right of where she sat. It wasn't really a drawing… - Peter Blegvad
I'd done a drawing of the model using only peripheral vision, looking at a spot on the wall to the right of where she sat. It wasn't really a drawing…
Some songs seem to achieve the quality of a geometric object - a ball, box, or cone - and I don't mess with 'em. - Peter Blegvad
Some songs seem to achieve the quality of a geometric object - a ball, box, or cone - and I don't mess with 'em.
Songs came first. I started out in 1965 trying to copy the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and the Stones, like most kids I knew. I'm still trying. Songs are har… - Peter Blegvad
Songs came first. I started out in 1965 trying to copy the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and the Stones, like most kids I knew. I'm still trying. Songs are har…
Anyone who grew up in the psychedelic '60s probably experienced their share of hypnagogic fireworks. Just as sex got me hooked on anatomy, so drugs w… - Peter Blegvad
Anyone who grew up in the psychedelic '60s probably experienced their share of hypnagogic fireworks. Just as sex got me hooked on anatomy, so drugs w…
One of the beauties of working in radio is the way a whole setting can be richly evoked simply by the addition to the track of a little birdsong and … - Peter Blegvad
One of the beauties of working in radio is the way a whole setting can be richly evoked simply by the addition to the track of a little birdsong and …
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