50 Quotes by John Cale

In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places.

I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist.

The value of having a computer, to me, is that it'll remember everything you do. It's a databank.

Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure.

I learn from thinking about the future, what hasn't been done yet. That's kind of my constant obsession.

I'm content with making records, but I don't want to be doing the same thing all the time.

If you're all loaded up on love, you haven't got anywhere else to go.

Growing up in Wales was a pretty Draconian experience with religion.

I missed out on my teenage years. I led a sheltered life. I was practicing scales instead of playing football.