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8 quotes by Graham Parker

Graham Parker Parker in 2007 Background information Born (1950-11-18) 18 November 1950 (age 64) London, England Genres Rock, new wave, pub rock, soul, rhythm and blues Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, musician, writer Instruments Vocals, guitar Years active 1970s–present Labels Arista, Bloodshot, Buy or Die, Capitol, Dakota Arts, Demon, Elektra, Hannibal, Hip-O, Mercury, Razor & Tie, RCA, Rebound, Rock the House, UpYours, Vertigo...
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I went to Morocco, joined a band called Pegasus, ran out of money, went to Gibraltar and worked on the docks, writing songs about the sun and the... →

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I never learned music. I'm quite uneducated, and usually I sat in front of the TV, with soap operas on, in England. It was very inspiring for me... →

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Oh, man, pop singers are terrible actors. We're all bad.

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When I was a kid in the mid-'60s, I was what's known as a moddie boy, a prototype skinhead. You all had your hair like a crew cut, cropped... →

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I do not wanna write a song like 'Coathanger' so Andrew Breitbart can rage against me on his web site. It's not my idea of fun.

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I started to work up in my old bedroom, playing, writing songs, and it somehow came to me that I could introduce soul music. Nobody seemed to be... →

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In the early days, I had very little idea about arrangements, and I wrote songs a little flat, as it were, just on an acoustic guitar. They... →

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Mostly I've never let record companies become involved with my music, which was a very smart thing that my first manager Dave Robinson did, to... →

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