Top 23 Quotes by Roy Harper

About Roy Harper

These are some quotes by English author Roy Harper Musician, who was born on June 12, 1941.

In cities, people go to work and all walk there together, like some arterial flow. And there's a certain desolation about it, an alienation that we all experience.

In cities, people go to work and all walk there together, like some arterial flow. And there's a certain desolation about it, an alienation that we all experience.

Roy Harper

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.

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

I've taken a stand against religion for as long I've been able to write and think.

I've taken a stand against religion for as long I've been able to write and think.

Roy Harper

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.

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.

Roy Harper

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.

Roy Harper

I wanted to modernize music, but more than that, to completely modernize people's attitudes towards life in general.

I wanted to modernize music, but more than that, to completely modernize people's attitudes towards life in general.

Roy Harper

I was never really a bone fide member of the folk scene.

I was never really a bone fide member of the folk scene.

Roy Harper

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.

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

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.

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

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

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