In memory of Kevin Ayers

As you all know by now, Kevin Ayers died 18 February 2013. Here are some nice words on Kevin Ayers from different papers and magazines:

Kevin Ayers: Singer, guitarist and pioneer of British psychedelic rock (The Independent 20 February).

Kevin Ayers (The Telegraph 21 February).

Soft Machine founder Kevin Ayers dies (BBC News 21 Februar).

BBC also print a tribute from Robert Wyatt, starting like this: "About 50 years ago, someone said to me that there was another bloke with long hair in east Kent, so I should meet him because we'd be sure to get on. I did, and we did".

Farewell, Kevin Ayers... (Mojo 20 February).

Also short tributes at Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Clash and Billboard.

The Guardian (21 February) print "Kevin Ayers: I never considered another profession' – one of his final interviews", originally in Word magazine in 2008.

"The thing about Soft Machine and me," he goes on slowly, "was that I never considered another profession. My only other desire was to do as little as possible. Honestly, I just assume that whatever is going to happen to me is going to happen. There it goes: someone is there, someone isn't there. This girl is here. This food is here. I think the clever people are the ones who do a little as possible."