Roxy Music Quotes
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If you are part of a religion that very strongly insists that you believe then to decide not to do that is quite a big hurdle to jump over. You never forget the thought process you went through. It becomes part of your whole intellectual picture.
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Well, I am a dilettante. It's only in England that dilettantism is considered a bad thing. In other countries it's called interdisciplinary research.
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Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences.
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Some people say Bowie is all surface style and second-hand ideas, but that sounds like a definition of pop to me.
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I still do mostly listen to CDs. I think that every format really is a different way of listening. If you take a different sort of psychological stance to it - like, I think the transition from vinyl to CD definitely marked a difference in the way people treated music. The vinyl commands a certain kind of reverence because it's a big object and quite fragile so you handle it rather carefully, and it's expensive so you pay attention to how it's looked after.
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The dominant theory coming out of Hollywood is that peoples' attention spans are getting shorter and shorter and they need more stimulation.
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I've always thought that art is a lie, an interesting lie. And I'll sort of listen to the "lie" and try to imagine the world which makes that lie true...what that world must be like, and what would have to happen for us to get from this world to that one.
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I tour a lot, sometimes like a hundred shows a year.
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I'm always interested in something when it isn't familiar to me.
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I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.
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The point about working is not to produce great stuff all the time, but to remain ready for when you can.
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Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach.
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All the best lyrics are written in ten minutes.
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I occasionally meet people and they say, 'Oh, I was born to Discreet Music'... They always have very weird eyes, those people.
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I'm actually an evangelical atheist, but there is something I recognise about religion: that it gives people a chance to surrender.
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I became a musician to be free, and freedom means pursuing your musical interests. So if you were tied to be in a band only, that probably would be too restrictive.
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People who are very confident in themselves aren't hurt by criticism. They make use of it.
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Given the chance, i'll die like a baby, on some faraway beach, when the season's over.
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I see TV as a picture medium rather than a narrative medium.
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I was perfectly happy about being in a pop group. Roxy Music was the perfect vehicle, and enabled me to continue with this parallel musical career, which had nothing to do with what the group were doing. It was more to do with the extension of British psychedelia.
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It's not a very high failure rate if you choose people that you really like the sound of.
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It must be quite difficult if you have a father who's sort of known. On the other hand, you can get a job in his band.
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It's easy to forget that your best work is done when your attention is fully engaged.
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Listening to something is an act of surrender.