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Nick and Simon had come to a natural end of their working relationship with Warren, which obviously opened the door for a reunion of the original five.
Roger Taylor Duran Duran -
I think pop culture is the greatest subject matter out there - 'Other People's Lives,' as we wrote about on the last Duran Duran album. Most ideas for great songs come from real situations, something your friend said to you the night before, the girl that just left, or something traumatic in your life.
Nicholas James Bates Duran Duran
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I think repeating yourself is a sign of old age, telling the same joke again and again. Especially if they're jokes that don't make people laugh.
Simon Le Bon Duran Duran -
If you look at the content of songs people write, it's usually about the things they know best.
Nicholas James Bates Duran Duran -
You listen to a piece of music and it will remind you of something - it might make you happy, it might make you sad, but it is very emotive. And I think that Duran Duran have always understood that.
Nicholas James Bates Duran Duran -
Obviously with every new album we make, we always have to believe in it and feel we've gone in the right direction.
Nicholas James Bates Duran Duran -
I think maybe my attention span is too long to tweet.
Nicholas James Bates Duran Duran -
Women's fashion is more interesting than men's.
Nicholas James Bates Duran Duran
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I always say to people, the Eighties were so inventive because people wanted to stand out. By the time we got to the Nineties, everyone wanted to fit in. It was all about having the same pair of trainers and the same pair of jeans. That's fatal. Whereas the Eighties you would never be seen in the same pair of jeans that somebody else was wearing.
Nicholas James Bates Duran Duran -
It's amazing to see places like Madison Square Garden on the schedule again.
Roger Taylor Duran Duran -
There's no question that a vinyl record is a lot nicer than a CD. It's nicer to hold in your hands, you can do more with it.
Simon Le Bon Duran Duran -
Everybody was on the same page. Nobody has really gone out there on a different musical journey. When we got back together again, we all wanted to do the same kind of music.
Roger Taylor Duran Duran -
It was mind-blowing. It was a small place with 2,000 standing-up tickets. It's great to have your band back and working and playing again, people have been so generous.
Andy Taylor Duran Duran -
Some of those songs, you really have to bite them. You challenge yourself, you challenge the audience, you do something different. People weren't expecting it.
Andy Taylor Duran Duran
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Music is escapism, it's entertainment.
Andy Taylor Duran Duran -
I'm not a snob. Ask anybody-well, anybody who matters.
Simon Le Bon Duran Duran -
Music is not supposed to be nationalist. It is supposed to surpass language barriers. It is about generations communicating with each other.
Simon Le Bon Duran Duran -
You can only sleep in one bed at a time.
Nicholas James Bates Duran Duran -
I succumbed to hedonism.
Simon Le Bon Duran Duran -
You're starting to see new record companies and business models taking shape, but it takes time.
Simon Le Bon Duran Duran
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When you don't have a record label and you have been on your own as we have, you can look at all these other ways you can get in touch with other people and get music out there again.
Andy Taylor Duran Duran -
I still love music - that's never gonna go away.
Nicholas James Bates Duran Duran -
After a foreign invasion, there has to be a sort of feeling of musical inadequacy in the country.
Simon Le Bon Duran Duran -
We felt if we didn't have new material in us and we didn't have a real reason to exist, then we probably wouldn't have done an 80's revival thing. We are very conscious about the fact that's what we are as a bunch of people.
Andy Taylor Duran Duran