08.06.81 Birmingham, England, intro to ‘Johnny Bye Bye’:
” There’s certain things when you grow up that you sort of mark your life by.....like I remember where I was when I first heard ‘Like a Rolling Stone’....(cheers)....and.... before that I don’t remember anyone asking me ”How does it feel ?” (chuckles).... but I also, I think everybody remembers where they were the day , the day they heard that Elvis died.....and....there’s something that.....I’d seen him only a few, I guess it was a few months before that in Philadelphia....and....I wasn’t really surprised since he looked bad.....like he was....he was tired.....but....it was hard for me to understand how....how somebody that had....had been so alive inside and had had so much could in the end end up so bored and.....and it seemed to me ....frightening....”

08.06.81 Birmingham, England, intro to ‘I Wanna Marry You´
”Me and Big Man, we used to....sit out on my porch.....I used have this house that was on this main street in town....next door to this gas-station...and we used to sit out there....every day ‘cause every day ‘round 5.30 , there’d be this girl who’d walk home from work.....we’d always be eyeing her up, watchin’her walk by....and we used to say ”Now, I’m gonna introduce myself and say....ask her phone number”, you know..... but I would never do it (chuckles)...now...so we decided, instead of direct approach, we would try various ways of attracting her attention.....so I had 18 bucks and I went downtown.....there was this Western Autostore that sold autoparts and cheap guitars and I bought this guitar....I came back and learned the chords to ‘Twist and Shout’ (cheers)....I would sit there everyday, in place , she’d come walking by and I’d be sitting there with the guitar and, you know, try....to be cool or whatever (chuckles)... nothing, she didn’t even look over....Clarence would come riding by on his bicycle with a saxophone (cheers)....(?)....she didn’t even look....so eventually I moved outta that house , that was the resolve to the problem.....but sometimes it’s good if you never meet, meet those kinda people ‘cause they always stay with you in a little place....remember ?......”

08.06.81 Birmingham, England, intro to ‘Jungleland’
‘‘I’d like....this is the last....last show of our crew here.....I’d like to take.....just a second and ask you.....the people that been working with me for a long time.....I feel like I have about the greatest crew in the world, they put all of that stuff up for you....(cheers)....they come in real early and they leave real late and nobody gets to see ‘em , except for this man (chuckles)....but....they need a thank and all you guys (cheers)....this is for all you guys....”

Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi