Roy Harper Quotes

• In some ways, I lament the introduction of civilisation on such a huge scale, because it has given us a lot of room to abuse each other, which we continue to do.

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• If humanity was still in the feral state, we wouldn’t have any need for these huge conurbations that we have now, that have turned us into a different bunch all together. In the feral state we would be much more secure, much more familiar with each other, much more mentally well-balanced.

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• I’m attending to my legacy, making sure that it travels the universe in the best shape I can get it into. For as long as I’m alive, I’ll still be its interpreter.

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• What is our destiny? Does it matter? Is it bound up with ‘our’ planet? In my opinion, yes.

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• I’ve seen such things as you would not believe. I’ve seen motorbikes driven down hotel corridors – and had a go myself.

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• It’s fantastic to put your hands in the earth. I enjoy spending my time in heaven here. I don’t care what you say, this is my heaven.

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• I’m an amalgam of the 19th-century romantics and the beat poets.

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• I’m careful, controlled, bodily conservative: if someone offered me a pill I’d only ever take a half.

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• I was determined if I was going to become a superstar it would be on my terms. I’ve had that ethic since the beginning.

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• Don’t shift because fashion has shifted. Don’t move from the original ethic you had, the original reasons. They’re part and parcel of you.

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• Remember, this was a world that was still ethnically separated. I was thirteen and ignorant of the social situation in America, but I felt these records were better than what my own culture was turning out.

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• I’m inspired by the poets, so I’m always going to give in that direction, rather than in any other. It’s the making of me… and also the downfall of me.

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• I’d just like to prove to myself that I’m all here and all together and can get the best out of myself. I’d also like to prove that to a couple of other people.

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Roy Harper (13)

Birth:	12th June, 1941
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Actor, Guitarist, Lyricist, Musician, Singer

About

Roy Harper is an English folk/rock singer-songwriter and guitarist who has been a professional musician since 1964. He has released a large catalogue of albums most of which are available on his record label Science Friction.

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