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Synthesist, singer. later in my career, i moved into technology and had a high—tech company in silicon valley called beatnik for a while. i was always a tinkerer. i was the first guy in my school that had a portable cassette player, and that was when i got the nickname dolby, and it sort of stuck with me and became my professional name when i went into music. we're talking about people being pigeon—holed and people in the tech industry maybe not being taken seriously as a creative, and vice versa. but you somehow managed to build a persona that combines the two together. well, i'm also a s...

You could _ for any kind of wacky idea that you could sketch out on the hack— you could sketch out on the back of— you could sketch out on the back of an envelope and they would — back of an envelope and they would pull out their cheque hooi

1980s onwards, i _ comes thomas dolby. in the 1980s onwards, i was - comes thomas dolby. in the 1980s onwards, i was a - 1980s onwards, i was a songwriter, a singer. later in my career. _ songwriter, a singer. later in my career, i moved into technology and had a high—tech company— technology and had a high—tech company in silicon valley called _ company in silicon valley called beatnik. i'm also a singer— called beatnik. i'm also a singer songwriter, i could play most — singer songwriter, i could play most of— singer songwriter, i could play most of my songs on the piano and sing ...

You know, that there was a place for it in the entertainment world. you know, there were precedents — nobody comes out of nowhere, you know, and i had certain touchstones like the last days of the musical, you know, and the early days of variety. and american culture... yeah, absolutely. ..because you watched lots of american movies and american music. absolutely. so, you had that beatnik thing coming over from the states, where it was a kind of swinging thing to be. do you think that you've broken through, had it not been for punk? no. because what you did was garnished your act to a whole ...

Like i say, money was always an issue. but, no, he advised me against that as a career, you know, but i figured, you know, that there was a place for it in the entertainment world. you know, there were precedents — nobody comes out of nowhere, you know, and i had certain touchstones like the last days of the musical, you know, and the early days of variety. and american culture... yeah, absolutely. ..because you watched lots of american movies and american music. absolutely. so, you had that beatnik thing coming over from the states, where it was a kind of swinging thing to be. do you think ...