50 Quotes by John Cale

I'm impatient. I get twitchy. When I get that feeling I just go out and make something happen.

I'm writing a movie about Mozart going to New York in the '60s. I've been reading so many novels.

People sort of know me for that solo piano music I did.

We gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance.

We'd hold a chord for three hours if we could.

All of the sudden the audiences started getting younger and the spread of the attendance was really wide. I think it's as a result of the records selling more that they started following our careers.

I'm still looking for something. I'm getting closer, I think, but if someone moves the goalposts before the next album, I may have to follow them!

I started off doing rock 'n' roll, and then I went back, a couple of albums ago, into writing rock 'n' roll songs, and now this is a show with a straight-up rock 'n' roll band.

If you pick the right musicians, you minimize your problems. It's not the first impetus that they get along together, but it certainly helps.