Bryan Ferry Quotes (38 Quotes)


    And I start the show now... I just walk out and sit at the piano. I could never have done that ten, 20 years ago. But I haven't changed that much

    When I stopped touring in the early '80s for a few years, it was a mistake looking back. I lost touch with my audience in a way and I think that was a bad career move.

    I'd love to follow the Tour de France one day. It's a really exciting spectacle. I've only seen it once as it was coming into Paris and that was very exciting for me. I have memories of that.

    I don't think I've ever played the Olympia before, but I'm not totally sure.

    I mean, there are so many of his songs that I like that I could easily do that one day.


    I like L.A., but I shouldn't live there.

    I did ask him about three years ago if he would do a show we were asked to do together, and he said No, I don't like going on stage, I don't want to do that'. I do hope that if we did any new stuff he would be there,

    I suppose young people think football is glamorous - soccer - it's big money and the stars of it, they look good and have a great big house and a huge Ferrari.

    I like the fact that music is more abstract.


    But I was feeling quite down at the time. I was living in L.A., which was kind of weird for me.

    Wonderful All these trashy women wandering around done up to the nines. I love it.



    It's nice to know that there are several different avenues I could pursue.

    I can never predict what's going to happen.

    I had beautiful bikes and I was really into it. I just thought it was really glamorous.

    Oh yes, much, because music is just something that comes to you. You don't question it.

    I like the name Atomic Kitten. It's so great.

    But I don't write so much now, because they're too painful.

    Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.

    I like the second album that I did, For Your Pleasure, the second Roxy album. It's a long time ago. It was my favorite overall album that I've done.

    You can never get silence anywhere nowadays, have you noticed?

    It's fabulous when you do that, when you discover somebody who you like, when you kind of feel those feelings, even though he articulates them better.

    I don't do interviews at all when I'm on tour, so this time, on a day off, I'll do that kind of thing a little bit. I don't do big promotion schedules, not when I'm touring.

    But when I started writing songs, I stopped painting completely, and the only art things I do are connected to the career, like album sleeves and, to some extent, posters and things like that.

    Words can be very powerful. I find them very difficult.

    The quality of the writing, really. Simple as that. Beautiful words. It's very nice as a singer to do great songs, which have wonderful lyrics and strong feelings underneath the song.

    All those rappers, they're the only glamorous people working in music now. They dress up in these chains of gold, cars, girls and this and that, high-heeled shoes.

    But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour.

    It's not a very high failure rate if you choose people that you really like the sound of.

    And Mary J. Blige, she's got all these fur coats and hats and stuff. She's good; I like her.

    I've had quite a few moments I've liked, so it's good enough.

    Women! I have no idea. I don't know anything about women at all. They're a complete mystery to me.

    I met John Lennon and he was with his wife in Tokyo. I met him there.

    But when you get music and words together, that can be a very powerful thing.

    I'm not really sure what it was, the best moment. You always hope it's to come.

    In New York, you couldn't wish for a nicer audience, or in L.A., Chicago, Boston. But when you get into secondary markets, they don't have a clue.


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