Dury Quotes & Sayings

Sex, drugs, and rock and roll is all my brain and body need. Sex, drugs, and rock and roll is very good indeed. — Ian Dury

I'm in love with the person in the sandwich centre. If she didn't exist I'd have to invent her. — Ian Dury

Had a love affair with Nina in the back of my Cortina. A seasoned up hyena, could not have been more obscener. — Ian Dury

Sex and drugs and rock and roll. — Ian Dury

I haven't shaken my fists at the moon. — Ian Dury

I never got lessons. I took influence from Chet Baker, Ian Dury, and Joe Strummer. I don't hear my voice and think, 'Yeah, that's a banging voice!' It's more about putting the right emotions into the right words and the lyrics than anything else to me. — King Krule

It's not surprising, therefore, that the [Bisy] Backson thinks of progress in terms of fighting and overcoming. One of his little idiosyncrasies, you might say. Of course, real progress involves growing and developing, which involves changing inside, but that's something the inflexible Backson is unwilling to do. — Benjamin Hoff

There are a couple of ways to avoid death, one is to be magnificent. — Ian Dury

I mean, in many ways, you know, I felt very connected to Ian (Dury) on, on a lot of levels. I mean, politically, & sort of, socially, our, kind of, social backgrounds are quite similar in many ways, as well as our kind of artistic endeavors. So there were many, many things that sort of chimed in for me, and kind of made me feel very instinctive about playing him, and, and although, there was sort of a certain amount of impression involved, actually, there's a lot of myself in the role. — Andy Serkis

From the severe, straight-backed posture to the impersonal grace of his cupped yellow head; from his detached blue eyes to the arrogance of his cheekbones, Laurent was complicated and contradictory, and Damen could look nowhere else. — C.S. Pacat

Everyday heroism is all about doing what we ought to on a daily basis and regardless of the tons of pressures that come on our way. — Assegid Habtewold

Hit me with your rhythm stick, it's nice to be a lunatic. — Ian Dury

Mine is not a story to tell struggling writers. — Tom Bodett

Coming back for more, eh?" Felix grinned at her. "I like a little fight in my girls." She grinned at him, causing blood to dribble down her chin. "Then you're going to love me. — Kady Cross

All I want for my birthday is another birthday. — Ian Dury

There ain't half been some clever bastards — Ian Dury

For every good song, I write 20 bad ones I have to chuck away. — Ian Dury