50 Quotes by John Cale

I just get bored with what I'm doing. I like to switch. I did a lot of soundtrack work, and once I got that under my belt, I started writing songs.

It would be a stronger world, a stronger, loving world, to die in.

In the studio you have pretty much carte blanche with whatever you're doing. You can turn natural instruments into electronic instruments.

Everyone should be encouraged...in spiration and artistic freedom is the cornerstone of rock and roll.

I like it here in New York. I like the idea of having to keep eyes in the back of your head all the time.

That's what my life is, writing songs.

I am a ham. I've no business being rock 'n' roll. I've said it over and over again that I'm a classical composer, dishevelling my personality by dabbling in rock 'n' roll.

The avant-garde makes more sense to me.

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