I didn't actually realise what apartheid meant. I'm probably a bit naive, but I thought it was more of a vague segregation, like on the beaches and buses.
John DeaconI mean the only thing that is hopefully good about us is after the arguments we can actually still face each other the next day or the day after and talk about something else and sort of get over it.
John DeaconBut I've always been accused of being a bit tight with money, so it hasn't particularly changed my lifestyle.
John DeaconOur albums just tend to be collections of songs really, because we all write in the group, all four of us.
John DeaconThere was always a lot of American music in England until, obviously when the Beatles came around, then there was a shift towards English music, but before then American music was the main thing...
John DeaconWhen you start out without a record nobody knows you, but if you have a record it's a lot easier.
John DeaconIn a way it costs thousands dollars before you could actually go out to put the show on because you'll need equipments, all the lights you know, and that's more just going out and playing you know.
John DeaconI'll probably make loads of plans, and then just sit around on my bottom all day long and do nothing.
John DeaconI went along and basically learned a few of the songs they were doing at the time, which were quite a few of the songs we ended up doing on our first album.
John DeaconBrian and I were both science students. You know science sort of math and physics side, you know.
John DeaconThen we did what we called basically I suppose a club tour in England, which was the time I think that our second album came out, we club toured around the whole country where the venues were hold to five hundreds upwards to that sort of thing you know.
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