Quotes by Robert Smith Surtees

'Humph!' grunted Mr. Romford, seeing his worst fears about to be realized. He had dreamt that he had timbled over a poodle in the drawing-room, and squirted a bottle of porter right into a lady's face. 'Who's goin' besides ourselves?' asked Romford, wishing to know the worst at once. 'Better be killed than frightened to death,' thought he.

There's no hope of me becoming completely relaxed on stage. If I did, I'd sit down and doze off.

I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it.

I really enjoy what I do, and who I'm with and where I am. Having said that, I'm not really a person of habit, because what I do in my job is travel around the world and play concerts to people, and occasionally do very weird things.

I had no desire to be famous I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was.

I don't think of death in a romantic way anymore.

I don't find the technology threatening. A lot of people my age, my generation, find it difficult to immerse themselves. But I would never preclude the idea of using any technology if I thought it suited the end result.