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Peter Gabriel Quotes

English - Musician | February 13, 1950 -

As many an architect will tell you, human behavior changes according to the environment.

Behavior Environment You Will Human

Italian food is my favorite food. It's the most sophisticated eating system.

Food Eating System Italian Food Most

Art suggests stuff that is traded like money, that is kept in galleries and that belongs to the elite, whereas experience is something that everybody has in the course of living.

Art Money Experience Living Elite

One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living thing that has an evolution that, in a way, enables the artist to sell a process rather than a piece of product.

Music Me Process Artist Living Way

I really wanted the first record to be different from what I'd done with Genesis, so we were trying to do things in different styles.

Be Different Trying Done First

Sometimes a creative environment affects what happens within it.

Creative Environment Sometimes Within

I think one of the things about writing in the studio is that the song hasn't matured, if you like, so quite often the vocals are early attempts. Whereas once you've taken it out on the road a bit, you learn more about a song.

Writing Song Road Think Learn You

I think that you get the mood of a song stronger if you get it right that way. On the other hand, you put some songs out live and they don't catch flight. They just flop. It is hard to tell until they are out there.

Live Song Think Stronger You Mood

The industry does have some influence on who gets other awards. With the Mercury Prize, they don't. Jon comes from the business, but his heart is still very much in the music. Currently, we have about 12 major names that have said they want to be a part of MUDDA.

Business Music Heart Influence Said

I think another thing is that we don't really want exclusivity. We accept that it is in the artist's interest to be on sale in every place where they sell music.

Music Think Artist Place Want Sell

I'm a bit cynical that it ever will be addressed properly. I think it is healthy to get some sort of copyright protection. But some of it has gone on forever.

Think Healthy Will Protection Gone

I think it is the weak and the young and the minorities that you need to look after to get a healthy creative environment - to get a lot of choices, a lot of different styles of music, a lot experimental stuff that everyone else feeds off.

Music Creative Choices Think Look

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