SEVERIN: "I don't think Siouxsie had heard Billie Holiday before we listened to 'Strange Fruit'. And I think that anyone can sing a protest song. But what interested us most about 'Strange Fruit' was the fact that originally there was no set music, what with it being based on an old poem." Source: NME 21/03/87.
SEVERIN: " 'Strange Fruit' was Carruthers' idea, though I thought we should add a New Orleans funeral march in the middle." Source: The Authorised Biography 2002.
SEVERIN: "I don't think Siouxsie had heard Billie Holiday before we listened to 'Strange Fruit'. And I think that anyone can sing a protest song. But what interested us most about 'Strange Fruit' was the fact that originally there was no set music, what with it being based on an old poem." Source: NME 21/03/87.
SEVERIN: " 'Strange Fruit' was Carruthers' idea, though I thought we should add a New Orleans funeral march in the middle." Source: The Authorised Biography 2002.