David Sylvian Quotes

People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting me. People in my position don't get approached often enough.

David Sylvian

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 23, 1958

Topics

PeopleMeMusiciansEnoughDownAsk

Of course, it's no fun getting old and getting sick and dying; we all know that's coming, and it's a bore.

Jerry Hall

FunSickGetting OldKnowOldDying

So few people read poetry. That's sad, isn't it?

Jerry Hall

SadPoetryPeopleReadFew

Usually I play people who just keep babbling on and on and on.

John Cusack

PeoplePlayKeepJustWhoBabbling

I'm a big believer that it doesn't matter what you call your company, nobody ever notices.

Matthew Vaughn

YouNobodyMatterCompanyBigCall

But, what did happen is I went to Woodstock as a member of the audience. I did not show up there with a road manager and a couple of guitars. I showed up with a change of clothes and a toothbrush.

John Sebastian

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Many of us, particularly those of us with disabilities who have faced persistent discrimination throughout our lives, not least when trying to find employment in the first place, take enormous pride in our hard-fought jobs and careers.

Stella Young

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I have never been political in a partisan sense.

Rithy Panh

PoliticalNeverSenseBeenPartisan

Over the years, people have often said to us that they were going through some horrible thing in their life - maybe the worst thing that had ever happened, or that they could think would ever happen - and that, somehow, in that state, we made them laugh. And I was like, 'That's a wonderful calling.'

Robin Quivers

LifePeopleThinkLaughSaidWorst

I think I probably tend to make life hard for myself by taking on too many things. I call it plate spinning.

Rory Bremner

LifeMyselfThinkHardSpinning

For at the same time many people seem eager to extend the circle of our moral consideration to animals, in our factory farms and laboratories we are inflicting more suffering on more animals than at any time in history.

Michael Pollan

HistoryTimePeopleSufferingCircle

I have read every book in the 'Dune' series and every Anne Rice book.

Lorraine Toussaint

BookRiceReadEveryDuneAnne

I'm not a huge scary movie kind of guy; like, I don't do slasher movies, because I'm really squeamish. But if I had to pick a favorite, it would definitely be 'The Shining' with Jack Nicholson. Not only is that a scary movie, it's just a flat out classic.

Brendan Robinson

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