Neil Innes

And Roger was crazy with his robots and everything. ↗

— Neil Innes

#everything #his #robots #roger

As I said, when we needed to move over to rock'n'roll, Sam and Vernon couldn't quite make the shift. So that's when Larry took over on drums, and we needed a bass player. ↗

— Neil Innes

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Because Larry, by then, was a drummer, who would sort of get bored and tired, and rather stand up and blow kisses to people. So we needed the bass to sort of drive along. ↗

— Neil Innes

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But Dennis was a really solid musician, and we really needed somebody who could play bass like him. ↗

— Neil Innes

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But I mean, again, Zappa's far more musical than the Bonzos ever were. ↗

— Neil Innes

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But I remember we sold nearly 18,000 records in one day. ↗

— Neil Innes

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But mostly, I wrote songs and Viv wrote songs. ↗

— Neil Innes

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But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles. ↗

— Neil Innes

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Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder. ↗

— Neil Innes

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Ladies and gentleman, I've suffered for my music, now it's your turn. ↗

— Neil Innes

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