Kevin Ayers

The music we made then was so amateurish, compared to the rest of mainstream pop or rock and roll. But read more

The music we made then was so amateurish, compared to the rest of mainstream pop or rock and roll. But what differentiated us from what everybody else was doing in the business was the fact that you could tell that these people came from different reference areas.

That was something. As opposed to nothing.

That was something. As opposed to nothing.

Soft Machine were going more in the direction of fusion jazz and I didn't like that.

Soft Machine were going more in the direction of fusion jazz and I didn't like that.

England is so defined, the class system, your education. I think what was unique about the Canterbury scene.

England is so defined, the class system, your education. I think what was unique about the Canterbury scene.

These were all middle-class kids from literary backgrounds, joining this sort of train going by, this pop train, jumping on. read more

These were all middle-class kids from literary backgrounds, joining this sort of train going by, this pop train, jumping on. Whereas the rest of the rock scene, you'll find that there's mostly working-class people.