Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Peter Ham

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Welsh singer Peter Ham.
Last updated on December 25, 2024.
Peter Ham

Peter William Ham was a Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist best known as a lead vocalist of and composer for the 1970s rock band Badfinger, whose hit songs include "No Matter What", "Day After Day" and "Baby Blue". He also co-wrote the ballad "Without You", a worldwide number-one hit for Harry Nilsson that has become a standard covered by hundreds of artists. Ham was granted two Ivor Novello Awards related to the song in 1973.

I would like to think of Badfinger's music as mood music. Something with a bit of feeling, whether it's hard or soft. — © Peter Ham
I would like to think of Badfinger's music as mood music. Something with a bit of feeling, whether it's hard or soft.
I've changed a great deal. I used to be vicious to my parents, just because they objected to me going full-time with a group. Now I can see that all they wanted was the best for me. And we get on great.
I started harmonica at the age of four, and when I was 12 I started the guitar. Then I played at school.
I was an apprentice television engineer when I decided to pack it up and go full-time, much to my father's disgust. But I'm still interested and I like messing about with TV. I can't deny it ... TV engineering was the job I'd wanted at the time, and I got what I wanted. But in the long-term it would have been second best to being a musician.
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