Malcolm Wilson Quotes (23 Quotes)


    Everyone has to find their own way, it's just that I don't want to go that way myself. If a band likes being on a major and feels happy there, good luck to them.

    Were in contact with three national movie chains. One of our goals is to put a movie theater on the eastern side of the property. Its a high priority goal.

    Music is more emotional than prose, more revolutionary than poetry. I'm not saying I've got the answers, just a of questions that I don't hear other artists asking.

    We, the artists, make the stuff they sell and they're like ticks on our backs, sucking the life out of us.

    It should be in normal shops. Failing that, I'm sure one of the Amazon webshops will have it, if you try the different countries.


    I have to say we're very encouraged by our performance. Marcus is very happy with the car and was giving us positive feedback after the first two or three runs. The idea of this test was to find out where we were on asphalt pace and get ideas for the test after the New Year. We're happy with how things have gone.

    In the old days, if you wanted to go rallying you had to be in a Ford. We're trying to recreate that so that, in the future, if you want to get started in rallying, then your first choice should be a Ford. The engineers have done a lot of work with the Group N car in particular to make it fun and easy to drive.

    Sometimes, an afternoon spent in bed with someone can be the most important thing in the universe.

    I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again.

    I think I am a star - I'm simply a funny-shaped star.

    I like being 35, I like having a bit of money to spend on music and useless gadgets. The net is providing new ways to communicate and cooperate that just didn't exist in the 80s.

    There's so much excellent new music around that I can't afford to buy it all and I haven't the time to review as much as I'd like. I can't remember a better time to be a musician or to listen to music!

    I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.

    I like 'Bewitched' off the first album because it's one of the happiest songs I've ever written and, as any writer will tell you, happy songs are a million times more difficult to write than sad songs.

    It was an incredible performance. It's been very difficult for Marcus - it's totally out of character for him to just control his pace and though he was happy, I'm sure he didn't enjoy the driving. You haven't seen the best of the combination of Marcus and the car yet.

    The Americans are more honest about it and just call it college rock.

    We don't have the time to make repairs and there is no way the car could compete.

    It's like someone cutting up a loved one in front of you, all the time insisting they've got your best interests at heart. They're very devious nowadays.

    On some songs you're hearing the vocal as I improvised it (as in 'Function Of The Orgasm') so you may hear me stumble.

    I don't believe that recordings should sound radically better than the artist, I think that's dishonest. For example, I'm not a great singer but if I spent enough time tweaking my vocals, I could sound like one. But I don't, what you hear is pretty much what I sing.

    I hated my brief fame. We had TV vans camped outside my house, reporters hounded me... people i'd know for years started treating me differently.


    They consistently hobble artists' in the name of selling more units then are surprised when the fans don't buy the lukewarm music this produces. So they then drop the artist.


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