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. Roy Harper aliveattendinterpreter Change image and share on social
Every song has a bouquet, which is the music. If you can put words with something that is really apt, then you've done it. Roy Harper aptbouquethave Change image and share on social
As a really young child, I was listening to the echoes of the age before, music hall and stuff like that, as well as classical bits on the radio. Roy Harper agebitchild Change image and share on social
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. Roy Harper careearthenjoy Change image and share on social
At school, I was always daydreaming and fiddling in inkwells, but I had to learn to grow up and become articulate. And doing that was what brought me into writing songs. It's like therapy for me, because it exposes what I'm really thinking. Roy Harper articulatebringdaydream share on social
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. Roy Harper americacultureethnically share on social
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. Roy Harper abusecivilisationcontinue Change image and share on social
When I was 15, I was wearing sandals and corduroys, Guernsey, striped pullover, a beard that was hardly there, shades and a beret, and the goal was hanging out. Roy Harper beardberetcorduroy Change image and share on social
I've seen such things as you would not believe. I've seen motorbikes driven down hotel corridors - and had a go myself. Roy Harper corridordrivehave Change image and share on social
I got into trad jazz, then modern jazz, then avant-garde jazz, between the ages of 16 to 18. Roy Harper ageavantgarde Change image and share on social
