I'm reading a splendid book by sixties producer Joe Boyd, which I can recommend to anyone. He tells about a German record guy who was send from London to New York to open a US branche of a record company there. At the press conference they guy said:
'I always wanted to live in New York since the day I saw the skyline through the periscope of my U-boat.'
I believe the book is called 'White Bicycles' in English.
And another nice one I read on another forum:
I had the great pleasure of meeting THE man back in '88 at the London Bass weekend, He came across as a really approachable, easy going bloke.
I asked him ''what do you put your speed & dexterity down to?''
He thought for a moment & in that deep gravelly voice replied ''Cocaine!!'' with a wink! Talking about music scene books. I love this Joe Boyd book. I have lots of musical books with dozens of biographies of British sixties bands, Who/Moon/Daltrey/Pete, Weller, Band, Small Faces, Kinks, Oasis, Beatles,etc.
My favourites:
- 17 Watts by Mo Foster. I'll post some quotes soon!
- All The Rage by Ian 'Mac' McLagan of The Small Faces, The Faces, Stones, Dylan, ...