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.

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

If I’m interested in what I’m doing, other people will be interested in it.

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