There was a time where I was the youngest one in any group, and now when I turn around sometimes, I'm the oldest one in every group. It just seemed to flip-flop one day - it wasn't a gradual thing. John Cale More Quotes by John Cale More Quotes From John Cale Time plays a role in almost every decision. And some decisions define your attitude about time. John Cale smart-choices decisions-you-make attitude 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 musical successful facts I write in the studio, I don't sit around with a piano or a guitar and write songs. I get satisfaction out of that because I can finish the song really quickly. I can use whatever momentum I have. I've got to put it down, develop it, and get it as far [as I can], because the excitement of the moment of when you get that idea - you want to try and hold it and build on it and really gain strength from it. Being in the studio and writing songs like that is really the best way. John Cale writing song trying If you're all loaded up on love, you haven't got anywhere else to go. John Cale loaded short-love love-you I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist. John Cale minimalist want mean Everyone should be encouraged...in spiration and artistic freedom is the cornerstone of rock and roll. John Cale artistic rock-and-roll rocks The avant-garde makes more sense to me. John Cale avant-garde I like what the future holds. I don't like thinking about the past. John Cale thinking-about-the-past past thinking I've just recently started doing the promo bits for the new album, and the funny thing is that the people who come to talk to me about these things seem to be getting younger. It's like the people who like the music are all young kids and they're on top of you - they know all about what you're doing, and they're excited and animated about it. So it's a lot of fun. John Cale fun kids people If I'm interested in what I'm doing, other people will be interested in it. John Cale ifs people I missed out on my teenage years. I led a sheltered life. I was practicing scales instead of going out there and playing football. John Cale teenage football years I am a ham. I've no business being rock 'n' roll. I've said it over and over again that I'm a classical composer, dishevelling my personality by dabbling in rock 'n' roll. John Cale ham rocks personality That's what my life is, writing songs. John Cale writing-songs writing song In the studio you have pretty much carte blanche with whatever you're doing. You can turn natural instruments into electronic instruments. John Cale doing-you instruments natural 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 texture use giving In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places. John Cale austin cities new-york The only reason we wore sunglasses onstage was because we couldn't stand the sight of the audience. John Cale sunglasses sight reason There are a few people that I always say, "Hey, what do you think of this?" The minute that you know that you want this particular person to hear it, you know that you're pretty much done - although you're doing it to hear some feedback. It's a smart move to know whose ears you want. John Cale smart moving thinking I learn from thinking about the future, what hasn't been done yet. That's kind of my constant obsession. John Cale kind done thinking The value of having a computer, to me, is that it'll remember everything you do. It's a databank. John Cale remembers-everything computer remember
