Geoffrey Downes Quotes

I was working with Trevor (Horn) on a load of useless disco productions in the mid-Seventies. We decided to beef them up a bit which is how we developed the ‘Buggles’ sound. Imitation orchestras and zany productions more to have fun than anything else. We were earning peanuts at the time. We’d stay up all night messing around in the studio
Geoffrey Downes 

It’s mainly to meeting of 2 minds. John has an idea – I have an idea, and we simply combine them. We sit round an acoustic piano, and see what comes up. John writes most of the lyrics but occasionally he asks me to contribute, which I am only too happy to do.
Geoffrey Downes (about Asia)