Duran Duran Quotes
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You're starting to see new record companies and business models taking shape, but it takes time.
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That was the whole point in forming a band. Girls. Absolutely gorgeous girls.
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We play a long show, and you can't beat yourself up too much over it, as physically you just kill yourself. It was always good fun on the road and it still is.
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I still love music - that's never gonna go away.
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I love pop culture. I love to be inside of it, and step outside and look back in.
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From doing Power Station, it was like, it's the same guys, but it doesn't sound like them. When we were in Duran, the labels and management wanted more Duran stuff so they could sell it.
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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.
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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.
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You want to have stability in the commercial aspect of your operation.
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Having a studio at home is like having a gym at home - sometimes you're just better off going out.
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I feel sorry for the '90s, because it was never able to be anything much more than the hangover to the party that was the '80s.
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This is a very screwed-up business. Record labels don't sign a lot of bands these days. We just want to find a home and stay there and make records and do our thing and not have to look over our shoulder.
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It was great fun. We had gone on tour in between the sessions and reconnected with the audience and got a lot of energy back from them, a lot of positive energy.
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It worried me when Britney snogged Madonna. It looked a bit fake. It screamed 'We're in this for the money.
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It's pathetic to have regrets about fashion. Things to do with my life, yes, I have regrets there.
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My kids love vinyl, I had to teach them how to put the needle on the records. Now they're worried about scratching the records, but it's incredible!
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Ambition is a funny thing. You can completely screw yourself with it if you're not careful.
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The great thing about the Internet is that it allows people to find and consume music.
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Melodic songs that people can relate to has always been our thing.
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If you were looking at where you would like your career to go, then you would have to cherry pick The Stones. People love coming to see them. They are it, they are the most definitive rock n roll band ever.
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I lived a normal life for a number of years. I had kids. I lived up on a farm in Gloucestershire in rural England, and just kind of got back to reality again.
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Complaining doesn't make a difference; it's useless and it's wasted energy.
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When you are younger, you are running on that pure naive adrenalin, you don't have any real responsibility aside from making sure you get there and play. And there's usually someone there to help you do that!
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Digital music boils down the actual musical experience.