British Quotes

I think America has a brilliant future.

For 50 years my father worked for the railroad.

Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.

Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.

Well, then we got to know each other and eventually worked out a bit of idea of management.

Well, I don't know about the dizzy height, but I always thought they were going to be pretty big.

They get, you know, whatever they want from their earnings, and their earnings go into their own company.

But I think traveling around and going around the world and making arrangements for moving around is the most difficult thing, 'cuz you don't know what's going to happen.

I am determined to go through the horror of this world.

Even though I'm known as a pop musician, I have a seriousness about what I do.

Emotion creates reality, reality demands action.

Editing is now the easiest thing on earth to do, and all the things that evolved out of word processing - 'Oh, let's put that sentence there, let's get rid of this' - have become commonplace in films and music too.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered as the noblest art.

Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective.

People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually.

It's not the destination that matters. It's the change of scene.

I love good, loud speakers.

I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.

I hate the rock music tradition. I can't bear it!

I believe in singing.

Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it.

Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music.

For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time.

A part of me has become immortal, out of my control.

As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me.

Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable.

The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work.

I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I'm on form, I can sell anything.

I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school.

All cultures have these feelings about non-functional areas of activity. And the more time people have on their hands, the more they commit it to those areas.