David Sylvian Quotes

• Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it.

  David Sylvian

  Needs, Littles, Compromise

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• 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

  Artist, People, Musician

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• Creating a decent pop song is a challenge - and occasionally, once in every decade - it's kind of fun to do that.

  David Sylvian

  Song, Fun, Creating

  "David Sylvian: 'Do gentlemen still take Polaroids? I think they take Viagra now!'". Interview with Richard Vine, www.theguardian.com. March 8, 2012.

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• I think nowadays it doesn't really matter where we are physically located. We create our own culture around us to a large extent, whether it's what we're listening to, what we're watching, what we're reading - it can have very little to do with one's immediate cultural environment. We are in a global culture in that respect.

  David Sylvian

  Reading, Thinking, Listening

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The public so often want to freeze the artist in a moment in time when they were at their peak, and they want the artist to revisit it over and over again as if it was something authentic.

  David Sylvian

  Artist, Want, Moments

  "David Sylvian: 'Do gentlemen still take Polaroids? I think they take Viagra now!'". Interview with Richard Vine, www.theguardian.com. March 8, 2012.

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• I don't listen to a lot of music any more and even the people I've loved for years - the Nick Drakes of this world - I can't go back to them and listen to them over and over.

  David Sylvian

  Years, People, World

  "David Sylvian: 'Do gentlemen still take Polaroids? I think they take Viagra now!'". Interview with Richard Vine, www.theguardian.com. March 8, 2012.

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• It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.

  David Sylvian

  Song, Writing, Natural

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Zen Buddhism is a discipline where belief isn't necessary.

  David Sylvian

  Buddhism, Discipline, Belief

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• I like to explore a lot of textural, arrangement aspects in the studio.

  David Sylvian

  Aspect, Studios, Arrangements

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• I'm obsessed with books.

  David Sylvian

  Book, Obsession, Obsessed

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• I knew that I had to find my own voice, both figuratively and literally.

  David Sylvian

  Voice, My Own

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• During the lifetime of Japan I became very neurotic, very paranoid.

  David Sylvian

  Japan, Lifetime, Paranoid

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