John Cale Quotes

I learn from thinking about the future, what hasn't been done yet. That's kind of my constant obsession.
John Cale

Future, Thinking, Done

I'm content with making records, but I don't want to be doing the same thing all the time.
John Cale

Time, Same, Making

The avant-garde makes more sense to me.
John Cale

The only reason we wore sunglasses onstage was because we couldn't stand the sight of the audience.
John Cale

Reason, Stand, Audience

Growing up in Wales was a pretty Draconian experience with religion.
John Cale

Religion, Experience, Pretty

I like what the future holds. I don't like thinking about the past.
John Cale

Future, Past, Thinking

I missed out on my teenage years. I led a sheltered life. I was practicing scales instead of playing football.
John Cale

Life, Football, Playing

I never use the word, it's loaded. What love means to me is need.
John Cale

Love, Means, Word

I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist.
John Cale

Mean, Keep, Lean

I'm impatient. I get twitchy. When I get that feeling I just go out and make something happen.
John Cale

Feeling, Happen, Impatient

I'm writing a movie about Mozart going to New York in the '60s. I've been reading so many novels.
John Cale

Writing, Reading, Movie

If I'm interested in what I'm doing, other people will be interested in it.
John Cale

If you're all loaded up on love, you haven't got anywhere else to go.
John Cale

Love, Else, Anywhere

In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places.
John Cale

Music, Social, York

People sort of know me for that solo piano music I did.
John Cale

Music, Piano, Solo

That's what my life is, writing songs.
John Cale

Life, Writing, Songs

The value of having a computer, to me, is that it'll remember everything you do. It's a databank.
John Cale

Remember, Value, Computer

Time plays a role in almost every decision. And some decisions define your attitude about time.
John Cale

Time, Attitude, Decision

We gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance.
John Cale

Good, Live, Trying

We'd hold a chord for three hours if we could.
John Cale

Three, Hold, Hours

When somebody grabs a movement, you're kind of locked into it. It's all par for the course.
John Cale

Somebody, Movement, Locked

All of the sudden the audiences started getting younger and the spread of the attendance was really wide. I think it's as a result of the records selling more that they started following our careers.
John Cale

Getting, Started, Result

Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure.
John Cale

Work, Knowledge, Successful

What I enjoy most about being on stage is that the natural instruments give you a greater freedom with texture. When you use natural instruments they have their own resonance.
John Cale

Freedom, Give, Enjoy

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Biography

Nationality: Welsh

Born: March 9, 1942

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