Mike Oldfield Quotes

• In summer winter rain or sun, it's good to be on horseback.

  Mike Oldfield

  Summer, Rain, Winter

  Song: On Horseback

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• In this world, everything has a pulse or a vibration. This sound is unique to each living or non-living thing and in itself creates a music that no-one can hear. I believe that this has a very powerful resonance with, and a deep effect on, our lives.

  Mike Oldfield

  Powerful, Believe, Unique

  Introduction to the "Music of the Spheres" album, 2008.

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• Love is... what makes a weak man brave and a king step off his throne. Good times, bad times, easy times, tough times, it comes in an instant and lasts three days after forever. That's what love is.

  Mike Oldfield

  Love, Kings, Men

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• Punk is the way of those who are unable to express themselves, but they aren't dangerous; at worst, they may kill their audience.

  Mike Oldfield

  May, Way, Punk

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• I'm also good at meditation. It involves doing nothing and everything at the same time.

  Mike Oldfield

  Meditation, Doing Nothing

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• I'd probably say to my younger self, get yourself a whole collection of lawyers. Which is what I have now.

  Mike Oldfield

  Self, Lawyer, Collections

  "Mike Oldfield Interview for the Re-release of Tubular Bells". Interview with David Cheal, www.telegraph.co.uk. June 10, 2009.

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• I'm just so grateful and astonished that I'm still respected and listened to.

  Mike Oldfield

  Grateful, So Grateful, Stills

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• I think I'm a good father, but that's taken a lifetime of experience.

  Mike Oldfield

  Father, Taken, Thinking

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• Im an ardent Trekkie and I look forward to the United Federation of Planets.

  Mike Oldfield

  Looks, Planets, United

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• Lost in Static 18
  And the storm is closing in now
  Automatic 18 - Got to push through - Trapped in living hell
  You're a prisoner of the dark sky
  The propeller blades are still
  And the evil eye of the hurricane's
  Coming in now for the kill

  Mike Oldfield

  Song, Eye, Dark

  Song: Five Miles Out

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• The biggest problems were to do with... well, to get that successful when you're so young, it attracts hangers-on, parasites, people who want to feed off you.

  Mike Oldfield

  Successful, People, Want

  "Mike Oldfield Interview for the Re-release of Tubular Bells". Interview with David Cheal, www.telegraph.co.uk. June 10, 2009.

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• I'd probably say to my younger self, get yourself a whole collection of lawyers. Which is what I have now. I don't have any friends; I just have lawyers.

  Mike Oldfield

  Lawyer

  "Mike Oldfield Interview for the Re-release of Tubular Bells". Interview with David Cheal, www.telegraph.co.uk. June 10, 2009.

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• I thought I'd join the RAF and become a wing commander. I realised this wasn't possible, although I do have a pilot's licence.

  Mike Oldfield

  Wings, Raf, Pilots

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