Isle Of Wight Quotes

• At age 10 or 12 he's going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight is, of course, down at the bottom of England just off South Hampton.

  Jeremy Irons

  School, Age, England

  "Oscar, Tony, and Emmy Award-Winning Actor". Academy of Achievemnt Interview, www.achievement.org. October 27, 2000.

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• At the Isle of Wight, the sound went out and kind of kept on going. And I wasn't... when I came off stage I was kind of unhappy about how we had played. But now, I listen back to those recordings and it's not bad.

  Keith Emerson

  Unhappy, Sound, Kind

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• So you can imagine what happens when a mainland species gets introduced to an island. It would be like introducing Al Capone, Genghis Khan and Rupert Murdoch into the Isle of Wight - the locals wouldn't stand a chance.

  Douglas Adams

  Islands, Would Be, Als

  Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine (2011). “Last Chance to See”, p.184, Ballantine Books

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• Splashing about in mud in the cold is not my thing. I made an attempt to go to the Isle Of Wight Festival in 1969 when Bob Dylan was playing, but we never made it. We hired a boat from Lymington, but got lost, and by the time we got there the music was over. I wasn't too sad, to be honest.

  Tony Blackburn

  Festivals, Mud, Splashing

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• I love being able to go on local flights when the weather is right. I've popped to the Isle of Wight, Cornwall and been mountain flying in Wales. When I got my licence I was over the moon, it was one of the greatest days of my life - it took two years to get!

  Jay Kay

  Moon, Years, Weather

  "Jay Kay: 'Getting an award on Top Gear is better than getting a Grammy'". Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. October 31, 2010.

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