But I remember we sold nearly 18,000 records in one day.

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As I said, when we needed to move over to rock'n'roll, Sam and Vernon couldn't...

As I said, when we needed to move over to rock'n'roll, Sam and Vernon couldn't...

I think most musicians do like to have a laugh.

I think most musicians do like to have a laugh.

Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder.

Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder.

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

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

I suppose Roger had the license to do anything that fitted the venue.

I suppose Roger had the license to do anything that fitted the venue.

Ladies and gentleman, I've suffered for my music, now it's your turn.

Ladies and gentleman, I've suffered for my music, now it's your turn.

So we used to look for funny songs, and learn them and play them. And...

So we used to look for funny songs, and learn them and play them. And...

But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78...

But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78...

I suppose we all loved those kind of sci-fi movies where terrible things came out...

I suppose we all loved those kind of sci-fi movies where terrible things came out...

But I mean, again, Zappa's far more musical than the Bonzos ever were.

But I mean, again, Zappa's far more musical than the Bonzos ever were.

In fact, Moon came on tour with us for a bit just before a big...

In fact, Moon came on tour with us for a bit just before a big...

I wasn't aware that Track Records were interested in the Bonzos.

I wasn't aware that Track Records were interested in the Bonzos.

We weren't going to play the show-biz game, and be obsequious.

We weren't going to play the show-biz game, and be obsequious.

We then took a shortened version of what we'd been doing in the pubs, with...

We then took a shortened version of what we'd been doing in the pubs, with...

I mean in recent years, I think you've only got to sell thirty or forty...

I mean in recent years, I think you've only got to sell thirty or forty...

I used to help Viv with the chords and melodies sometimes.

I used to help Viv with the chords and melodies sometimes.

Because Larry, by then, was a drummer, who would sort of get bored and tired,...

Because Larry, by then, was a drummer, who would sort of get bored and tired,...

But Dennis was a really solid musician, and we really needed somebody who could play...

But Dennis was a really solid musician, and we really needed somebody who could play...

Larry only ever wrote one song, and he wrote that with Tony Kaye, I think...

Larry only ever wrote one song, and he wrote that with Tony Kaye, I think...

I mean Gorilla was really our first sort of goes at songwriting.

I mean Gorilla was really our first sort of goes at songwriting.