112 Quotes by Steven Wilson

It was a bit of fun. But of course like anything that starts as a joke, people started to take it all seriously!

You’ve got a lot pulling at your time already – which may be the best reason to start cultivating your green thumb.

Every Bass Communion track is based on a single sound source. Increasingly I find that I’m really interested in taking a particular sound and it’s almost like solving a problem. If I have a sound, the problem is how can I create a piece of music from this one sound source?

I’ve been making Bass Communion music longer than any kind of other music. I don’t know if you picked up a copy of a vinyl release I put out a couple of years ago of something called Altamont...

I've seen a fair amount of concert DVDs - some of them are great, some of them are not. If there are problems with them, it's usually because of budget limitations and camerawork.

We are living in dystopia, in a world that is dominated by technology and disconnect, alienation, loneliness, and dysfunction.

I think there is something about the Internet which gives people almost an opportunity to role play and to create a facade, an image. I see that as quite a dangerous development because I think what we call social networking, Twitter, Facebook, etc., is actually quite antisocial.

I've played to audiences where people are sitting there with their arms crossed, just kind of watching. Although they might be having a great time, and they might be really enjoying the spectacle, if I'm not getting anything back, it does affect the way I perform and project.

Owning vinyl is like having a beautiful painting hanging in your living room. It's something you can hold, pore over the lyrics, and immerse yourself in the art work.