When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who did a bit of singing, and then I became a singer who did a bit of percussion.
Robert Wyatt
The original version of [`Needle in the Hay`] was built up with drums, trumpets, a harmonica, and various percussion instruments. In the end Elliott decided to tear back down the arrangement and go for the more starkly acoustic version that we know today....
Eric Matthews
I can`t get that live and I don`t have the time to take the tape, after I`ve finished recording it, into a little studio somewhere else where I can get a different kind of percussion sound.
Danny Elfman