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Andy Partridge Biography

Andrew John Partridge (born 11 November 1953) is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer from Swindon. He is best known for co-founding the rock band XTC, in which he served as the group's primary songwriter and vocalist. While the band was formed as an early punk rock group, Partridge's music drew heavily from British Invasion songwriters, and his style gradually shifted to more traditional pop, often with pastoral themes. The band's only British top 10 hit, "Senses Working Overtime" (1982), was written by Partridge.

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I felt pressured by continuous touring.

Continuous, Felt, Pressured, Touring

We stole their babes and mothers, chiefs and braves Although we held the whip, you knew we were The real slaves To alchemy, human alchemy.

Brave, Chiefs, Human, Mother, Real, Stole

My parents, especially my mother, were no influence on me whatsoever.

Mom, Mother, Parent, Parents, Whatsoever

Where I've arrived now is the product of mixing the very straight with the very exploratory; there's a fine line between the two, although it tends to be getting straighter and straighter because my songwriting is getting better.

Although, Fine, Get Better, Mixing, Songwriting, Two

I leaned right over to kiss your stoney book A little jealous of the ships with whom you flirt A billion lovers with their cameras Snap to look and in my fantasy I sail beneath your skirt

Book, Fantasy, Flirt, Jealous, Kiss, Kissing

I met Jack Bruce, one of my heroes, in a studio while doing some recording. England had just beat Scotland in a big football match and I saw Jack trying to break into this refrigerator in the lounge, drunk out of his brain, and I didn't know what to say.

Beat, Big, Football, Hero, Lounge, Scotland

For a heart without love is a song with no words And a tune to which no one is listening So your heart must give love and you'll find that You shine like rain on the leaves you'll be glistening.

Song, Rain, Heart, Shine, Like

I don't like touring and it seemed to be getting on top of me in a big way.

Big, Bigs, Seemed, Touring, Way

Now I lay me down to sleep Knowing that your lenses peep Now I eat my daily bread And into the tape spool I'll be fed

Daily, Fed, Knowing, Lenses, Sleep

It's very schizophrenic because I like a lot of very straight pop, like Small Faces, Stones, Kinks; and on the other hand, I like a lot of avant garde things.

Avant Garde, Garde, Hand, Hands, Stones, Straight

You watch the country-music awards that they show on the television, and you see country music has reached about 1985. It's all huge processed drum sounds and chiming chorus guitars and programmed synths bobbling along in the background.

Awards, Country, Guitar, Processed, Reached

Well I don't know how many pounds make up a ton, Of all the nobel prizes that I've never won, And I may be the mayor of simpleton, But I know one thing, And that's I love you.

Love, Love You, May, Mayor, Pounds, Prizes

I actually think the creative process is finite, and I'm wondering whether I've retched everything up. Because it's like vomiting or shitting.

Creative, Everything, Thinking, Vomiting, Wondering

I suppose my father was more influential in my starting to play the guitar.

Father, Guitar, Play, Suppose, Starting, Influential

The early gigs were pretty panicky - and great, sweaty fun. We were brand new to most people, and they were willing to take anything brand new, for the first time in years.

Early, Fun, People, Sweaty, Time, Years

And all the world is football shaped, It's just for me to kick in space, And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste, And I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime, Trying to take this all in, I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime, Trying to taste the difference, 'Tween the lemons and limes, The pain and the pleasure, And the church bells softly chime.

Difference, Football, Limes, Pain, Two

Come English Settlement, I had it in my head that I didn't want to tour.

English, Head, Journey, Settlement, Want

I believe the printed word is more than sacred Beyond the gauge of good or bad The human right to let your soul fly free and naked Above the violence of the fearful and sad

Believe, Human, Let, Printed Word, Right, Soul

It was in San Diego and I was onstage and couldn't remember how to play the guitar properly. I was in terrible pain and my nervous system was just going wild, like somebody had just run a car over me.

Diego, Guitar, Onstage, Pain, Remember, Running

We did a gig at the Marquee and we were supposed to be paid five pounds but we never got it, and it cost us something like 10 pounds in petrol to get there to do it. So what we did was steal some equipment from The Marquee.

Cost, Five, Gigs, Marquee, Pounds

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