4 Quotes & Sayings By Peter Hammill

Peter Hammill is an English musician and songwriter who is best known as the lead guitarist and one of the lead singers of the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. He has written lyrics for several other bands, including Roxy Music and If.

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If you're going to have a heart attack, mine was the kind to have. I'm thankful that it hasn't affected my output or my capacity to perform. And it has given me a lot to think and write about. Peter Hammill
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The crucial question one comes back to is the examination; without that experience is meaningless. And I think it's true that society is becoming more and more passive, less and less fired up with enthusiasm, in many spheres. Peter Hammill
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Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane. Seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, that kind of thing. Peter Hammill