Artists Who Don't Paint Aren't Artists.

Artists Who Don't Paint Aren't Artists.

I've Not Been An Admirer Of Contemporary Music Since Punk Rock Went Off The Boil In 1977, But Once A Year I'll Listen To 'spiral Scratch' By The Buzzcocks, Or 'hippy Hippy Shake' By The Swinging Blue Jeans. Otherwise, I Can Put Up With Chopin Or Shakuhachi Flute In The Background.

I Did Not Like Prizes At School. I Didn't Like Tests Or Exams, Or The 11+, Or O-levels. Later I Hated B.a.s And M.a.s. The Reason I Hated Them Is That I Don't Like Being Tested, Failed Or Falsely Praised By Anyone.

I Think That The Mythology Of Van Gogh's Life, And The Beauty Of His Paintings, Is Unstoppable.

We Had The Same Kind Of Unemployment Here As They Had In The Worst Hit Places In The North And You're Meant To Be On A Cushy Wicket In The South. If You Go Up To Newcastle, You Can Tell That The Town's Really Had Money, Or Liverpool, You Know, The Northern Towns Have Got Grandeur, Whereas Medway, Being Just A Sort Of Garrison Town And Dockyard Town, You Don't Have Anything Like Earl Grey Square Or Anything Like That.