John Cale Famous Quotes
Reading John Cale quotes, download and share images of famous quotes by John Cale. Righ click to see or save pictures of John Cale quotes that you can use as your wallpaper for free.
I like it here in New York. I like the idea of having to keep eyes in the back of your head all the time.
Time plays a role in almost every decision. And some decisions define your attitude about time.
I'm writing a movie about Mozart going to New York in the '60s. I've been reading so many novels.
I am a ham. I've no business being rock 'n' roll. I've said it over and over again that I'm a classical composer, dishevelling my personality by dabbling in rock 'n' roll.
It would be a stronger world, a stronger, loving world, to die in.
People sort of know me for that solo piano music I did.
Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure.
The value of having a computer, to me, is that it'll remember everything you do. It's a databank.
I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist.
In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places.
We'd hold a chord for three hours if we could.
In the studio you have pretty much carte blanche with whatever you're doing. You can turn natural instruments into electronic instruments.
What I enjoy most about being on stage is that the natural instruments give you a greater freedom with texture. When you use natural instruments they have their own resonance.
The avant-garde makes more sense to me.
I never use the word, it's loaded. What love means to me is need.
That's what my life is, writing songs.
I learn from thinking about the future, what hasn't been done yet. That's kind of my constant obsession.
Growing up in Wales was a pretty Draconian experience with religion.
I'm content with making records, but I don't want to be doing the same thing all the time.
