Peter Gabriel Quotes - Page 2

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• In your eyes I see the doorway to a thousand churches.

  Peter Gabriel

  Religious, Eye, Religion

  Song: In Your Eyes Special Mix, 1986

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• Those of us who have the eyes and ears of the media have a responsibility to amplify the voices of the voiceless.

  Peter Gabriel

  Eye, Responsibility, Voice

  "Peter Gabriel supporting Amnesty during South America tour". Press Release, www.amnesty.org.uk. November 16, 2011.

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• I come to you defenses down with the trust of a child.

  Peter Gabriel

  Friendship, Song, Children

  Song: Red Rain

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• There has always been a strong relationship between music and religion. It is because they both plug directly into the heart and can have real power for good or evil.

  Peter Gabriel

  Music, Strong, Real

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

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• 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.

  Peter Gabriel

  Artist, Ideas, Pieces

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• Yeah, in the digital world, it is so much easier to put stuff out without a great deal of paraphernalia and fanfare.

  Peter Gabriel

  World, Stuff, Digital

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• At the heart, it is world music that I do. It's all connections. Ultimately, we're all connected.

  Peter Gabriel

  Heart, World, Connections

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• I get lost, sometimes. Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart.

  Peter Gabriel

  Heart, Sadness, Emptiness

  Song: In Your Eyes

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• With the man in the woman, and the woman in the man. In the blood of Eden lie the woman and the man.

  Peter Gabriel

  Religious, Lying, Men

  Song: Blood of Eden, 1992

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• The outside world is black and white with only one color dead.

  Peter Gabriel

  Black And White, Color, World

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• Having lots of people talking highly of you and respecting your art and your work, this is one of the best feelings that you can have.

  Peter Gabriel

  Art, Talking, People

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• They think so small, they use small words. But not me, I'm smarter than that, I've worked it out. I'm stretching my mouth to let those big words come on out.

  Peter Gabriel

  Thinking, Use, Mouths

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• The book of love has music in it In fact that's where music comes from Some of it is just transcendental Some of it is just really dumb

  Peter Gabriel

  Music, Book, Dumb

  Song: The Book Of Love, Album: Scratch My Back, 2010

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• I was introduced to lots of great music through my local record store. It was a place where people knew music and they knew me, and could make great suggestions and discoveries. Whether it is in the physical world or on-line, the value of a great and knowledgeable record store has not gone away

  Peter Gabriel

  Discovery, Gone Away, People

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• Fear, she's the mother of violence.

  Peter Gabriel

  Mother, Revenge, Violence

  Song: Mother of Violence

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• Everybody nose dive, hold your breath, count to five. Back slap, booby trap, cover it up in bubble wrap. Room shake, earth quake, find a way to stay awake. It's going to blow, it's going to break, this is more than I can take.

  Peter Gabriel

  Blow, Poetry, Noses

  Song: Steam, Album: Us, 1992

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• The UN Declaration of Human Rights laid down what any person might reasonably expect, yet there are remarkably few people who enjoy these rights. With cameras in the hands of activists and meaningful distribution of those images, we will witness what really goes on in this world and hopefully want to change it.

  Peter Gabriel

  Meaningful, Hands, Rights

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• 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.

  Peter Gabriel

  Thinking, Choices, Creative

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• Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
  I could see the city light
  Wind was blowing, time stood still
  Eagle flew out of the night
  He was something to observe
  Came in close, I heard a voice
  Standing stretching every nerve
  I had to listen, had no choice

  Peter Gabriel

  Time, Night, Light

  Song: Solsbury Hill

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• With this darkness all around me, I like to be liked. In this emptiness and fear, I want to be wanted. Cause I love to be loved.

  Peter Gabriel

  Darkness, Low Self Esteem, Want

  Song: Love To Be Loved, Album: Us, 1992

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• The dream is a world in which anyone who has anything bad happen to them has a chance of getting their story uploaded, being seen, being watched.

  Peter Gabriel

  Dream, Motivation, Inspiration

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• I try when I'm writing to fill my head and my ears with all sorts of stuff and then let it settle and filter through. At a certain point it seems like fruitless activity because you're taking a lot of time and not seeming to get anything. And then, slowly, you realize you've actually digested elements and that your thinking is being freed up and the way you build up compositions is changed as a result of what you've been listening to.

  Peter Gabriel

  Writing, Thinking, Listening

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• To keeping silence I resigned My friends would think I was a nut Turning water into wine Open doors would soon be shut So I went from day to day Though my life was in a rut 'Til I thought of what I'd say Which connection I should cut

  Peter Gabriel

  Life, Wine, Cutting

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• 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.

  Peter Gabriel

  Song, Thinking, Hands

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• I like the touch and the smell of all the pretty dresses you wear.

  Peter Gabriel

  Smell, Dresses

  Song: Intruder

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