Robyn Hitchcock
Robyn Hitchcock
Robyn Rowan Hitchcockis an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano, and bass guitar...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth3 March 1953
good time
I've been able to make a good living as a musician, but now it's time to do all the other stuff.
Well, I've been painting for years. I just started doing a lot more in the last couple.
although might moment opposed ten
This is why at the moment we're still having real performances as opposed to holograms, although in ten years that might change.
kid seemed singer starting
As an amorphous, shapeless kid that wanted to be a singer but didn't know how you went about it, that seemed like a starting place.
everybody whenever
So whenever I hear The Beatles I always feel I've got a lot in common with everybody else.
might people record
I think it might just be a record that people could put on when they come out of the bath... something they can put on when they've steamed.
years drs daleks
The Beatles were something everyone had in common; this was thirty years ago, there was Dr. Who and everybody knew who the Daleks were and there was The Beatles and everybody knew who George Harrison was.
queens coming-out hardest
Coming out's the hardest part, when you're Queen Elvis.
found-you littles boxes
Superman, Superman, crunchy little Superman. Found you in a Cornflakes box.
religious icons honor
We have a need to be religious, we need to worship, we need to build totems and shrines and icons, but nobody's sure in honor of what.
two drawing insecurity
Playing acoustic and line drawings are the two things I'm most competent at.
couple book writing
I don't really have the gift of the sustained narrative that you need to write a book. I've tried a couple of times, and it just doesn't work. But I get some good passages, so what I'm going to do is just take sections out of them.
cheesy firsts albums
You realize that the first Bryan Ferry album was pretty good although at the time it seemed a bit cheesy.
jealous attention
I was always jealous of something getting more attention.