Andrew Eldritch quotes

The citizen is becoming a pawn in a game where nobody knows the rules, where everybody consequently doubts that there are rules at all, and where the vocabulary has been diminished to such an extent that nobody is even sure what the game is all about. (Andrew Eldritch)
Music is there to enrich your life and make you aware of things in a slightly different way. View quote
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Postmodernism surely requires an even greater grasp of symbolism, as it's increasingly an art of gesture alone. View quote
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I have no musical talent at all. I was banned from music classes and told I would never be able to understand anything. I still don't think I can sing, but somehow I get away with it. View quote
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I'm not sure it pays to do anything remotely public in Britain. It's such a spiteful society. People seem to enjoy making your life hard for the sake of it. View quote
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In the beginning, everybody that gets to work with me, thinks Im nice. But three weeks later, they hear a bell ringing. Then they realise I meant everything I said during that first week. Its not my fault people are not taking me serious from the first moment. View quote
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I've never got on with the British press because they've always given me such a hard time. Once they build a band up they just want to do people down. They shouldn't concentrate on the colour of someone's shirt they should listen to the music. View quote
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I don't want people to come and see our gig because of the magnificent things I'm doing with my hips, but it's their evening, you know. They have to have fun. I'm a little bit naive. View quote
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Apparently, I have a totally different sense of humour. View quote
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I don't enjoy British shows as a rule because British audiences are strange. View quote
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The business of being a popular entertainer in England is just too hard. (Andrew Eldritch)
People have taught me not to look for intelligence in rockmusic. View quote
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I still like being in North of England and I keep a place there. But there are a lot of things about the Continent that are to be preferred. The social institutions work better, women have a better position in society and the food is another thing. View quote
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Most writers can write, most rock 'n rollers cannot. View quote
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I've been in Hamburg for about ten years and I just feel at home. View quote
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I don't trawl record shops anymore. I usually hear music in bars or at friends' houses. View quote
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But for every hour and a half on stage, you have a five hour long bus ride, waiting for five hours at the airport, five hours of interviews... I know, it's part of the job, but that doesn't imply I have to like it. View quote
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