We couldn't even get a gig".
"And these guys, if they could get a gig, they would.
"If I can sing, even if I couldn't play guitar, I could probably get a gig.
"Six years ago, I couldn't fucking get a gig," he said in the car on the way to Manhattan.
Would Kenneth Clark, who made that grand series on Civilisation in 1969, get a gig now?
"If I'd get a gig, I'd ask her, 'You want to go?' and she'd say, 'Yeah,' " Mr. Person recalled.
"Although you may get a gig, you now need a job for the other five months of the year".
Now it's as though only designs featuring the liberal application of gradient, southern cross stars and random colour splotches get a gig.
And if you're really funny, then provided you're not punching people when you come off, or stealing people's belongings, then you'll get a gig.
"I can't get a gig at P.S. 122, that's for sure," she said, explaining, "I basically have the support of a boyfriend".
Tim Rogers: You've got to be realistic about these things, but yes, I hope I can can get a gig with them now!
