She said, he said

Quotes on or about the Isle of Wight

"I got laid low by the vegetable curry"
"I got caught by a touch of that too . . ."
Chiz to Eliza Carthy about a Suffolk festival at soundcheck at the Medina Theatre, (October 11th, 1998)

"I'll take a penalty if I have to . . ." Vic King in response to his behind the scenes role for Vaguely Sunny Promotions. Newport, day after Eliza Carthy gig (October 12th, 1998).

"I've got very high goals. My form of relaxation is writing music. I love writing music, it's constant discovery. I've not put limits on myself. I got a bank loan from Barclays to start things off and bought the DAT machine. Sampled music doesn't do it for me, it has to have a live feel, which is the Isle of Wight." - Paul Butler aka Holistic artist P Nu Riff interviewed by Vic King (21/3/98)

"Ah it's The Three Amigo's" - Rupert Brown to the Vic, Mick and Turner overdrive, Newport, March 7th, 1998

"It's only an Island when you view it from the sea." - John Wroath, Wayward Son

"Makes you want to go back on and do it all over again" - Crann Davies of The Cherokees as he came off stage with 2,500 people clapping and stomping for more at the Tribute to Graham Betchley gig at Ryde Ice Rink, January 3rd, 1998

"The pissed old farts at the back of the pub sang 'Skippy The Bush Kangeroo' all through the chorus of Already Begun in a smoky dive where I played with a band called the Wayward Sons." - Penelope Swales, from the Australian folksinger's song "Lost In London" which ends with this line about Newport's great lost pub The Rose and Crown, now a French wine bar. Another piece of Newport's history lost. (Summer 1996)

"I worked as a deck chair attendant on Sandown beach. That's where I met all the girls and asked them to come and listen to the band. That's why so many turned up. Later when I saw that film about a deckchair attendant who becomes a drummer I thought 'Shit, that's me'." - Roy Bridger, former drummer with sixties band The Zodiacs on David Essex's role in That'll Be The Day which was filmed on the Island. Roy is now a hypnotherapist in New Plymouth, New Zealand. (14/4/96)

"Hi my names Pete and I'm calling from a place called the Isle of Wight, it's a little Island hanging off of the South coast of England." Pete Byrne to Frank Zappa 1990

"On guitars from the Isle of Wight, Adam Kirk" - Joan Baez, European tour 1997

"In 1995 I was still practising piano, and in February 1996 I met Chiz in the Vine. He was a catalyst for change. I'd seen him play the last Godfrenzy gig. I went up and chin-wagged with him. We just kind of clicked. Chiz has got that vibe about the whole creative thing. We realised we had a lot in common. I played Fender Rhodes on 'Walking to the World' on the Godsends CD. It was mixed down. You'll hear it if you listen to it with a radar screen." - Graham MacFarlane aka The Ferret on Chiz one of Newport's gritty, go for it, songwriters and performers.

"I get carried away. It's not in any way contrived. I get off on it. It's purely emotional, it's not in any way an intellectual excercise. Chiz's strength is knowing the dynamics of a song and knowing how to make it work. Mine is I'm a natural showman. I don't mean that arrogantly. Russ is a great melodic bassman, good songwriter." - Graham MacFarlane aka The Ferret on The Jones'

As fast as our little pinkies can key them in we will be adding more to this list.

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