from a 1981 interview with Paul Morley
Interesting comments from Quentin Crisp about music here (similar to Nabokov and Freud's antipathy to music as disequilibrium) which confirms my belief that music in its essence is Dionysian whereas the glam-stylist-dandy impulse is Appollonian.
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Ed directs our attention to this Cherry Red Miniatures compilation track by Quentin Crisp
I first heard - and heard of - Quentin Crisp via the Cherry Red compilation 'Pillows & Prayers': he had the last track, titled 'Stop the Music for a Minute'. It absolutely shocked me with the rigour of his ideas, delivered with such total certainty. It was a radical challenge to my own music fandom, and to the unexamined consensus of youth culture, behind the superficial divisions of Goths v soulboys or whatever. The music on that album has largely faded in my memory. But I can still vividly recall his voice.
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