"It's not so much how many
miles west, as how many light years culturally and
mentally it is from London. I'm stuck in a rather
nice little house... I've not yet managed to get my
ship out of the terrible black hole that is Swindon."
- Andy Partridge, 1996
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"Tells you
everything, doesn't it?" says Partridge. "We've
been going this long, and we live like this. It's a
nice enough house but it's terraced. And it's in
Swindon."
- Andy Partridge, 1997
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"I've been going to the
same music shop in Swindon for 30 years, and the
bloke's never given me discount."
- Andy Partridge, 1999
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"Swindon is what the word
bypass was invented for."
- Andy Partridge, 2000
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