1.
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
2.
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
3.
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Neil Innes
4.
I think most musicians do like to have a laugh.
Neil Innes
5.
Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder.
Neil Innes
6.
But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles.
Neil Innes
7.
I suppose we all loved those kind of sci-fi movies where terrible things came out of swamps and came to Mars. And there's usually some poor girl. All the guys are trying to desperately handle levers and saying, go to something or other.
Neil Innes
8.
When we did Top of the Pops for the third time, we decided to do it as a television program here called Come Dancing, which is not as rude as it sounds.
Neil Innes
9.
Ladies and gentlemen, Ive suffered for my music ... now its your turn.
Neil Innes
10.
Answers given with authority negate the search for truth.
Neil Innes
11.
I see my role in the Bonzos as being the straight man, in many ways.
Neil Innes
12.
But I mean, again, Zappa's far more musical than the Bonzos ever were.
Neil Innes
13.
I mean in recent years, I think you've only got to sell thirty or forty thousand to get a #1.
Neil Innes
14.
In fact, Moon came on tour with us for a bit just before a big festival in Brighton, I think.
Neil Innes
15.
And Roger was crazy with his robots and everything.
Neil Innes
16.
I wasn't aware that Track Records were interested in the Bonzos.
Neil Innes
17.
I suppose Roger [Ruskin Spear] had the license to do anything that fitted the venue.
Neil Innes