Mike Barson > Quotes

“Another big experience for me was I had that Bette Midler album, The Divine Miss M. I don’t know what I would think of it now, but at the time I thought it was great. I guess I was not judgemental, just listening to whatever. But I remember taking acid one time and playing that album – sitting on my bed and listening to that Divine Miss M and all these waterfalls of colours and everything were accompanying the music. It was very beautiful. That was a beautiful experience.”
― Mike Barson, Before We Was We: Madness by Madness

“Suggs was six feet tall, tin of lager and a fag, saying ‘Half to Muswell Hill, please …”
― Mike Barson, Before We Was We: Madness by Madness