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Neil Innes

"I see my role in the Bonzos as being the straight man, in many ways."

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"I see my role in the Bonzos as being the straight man, in many ways."

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"But I remember we sold nearly 18,000 records in one day."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"We weren't going to play the show-biz game, and be obsequious."
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"But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles."
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"I mean in recent years, I think you've only got to sell thirty or forty thousand to get a #1."
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