Bryan Ferry
It's not a very high failure rate if you choose people that you really like the sound of.Collection: Failure
But when you get music and words together, that can be a very powerful thing.Collection: Music
You can never get silence anywhere nowadays, have you noticed?Collection: Music
Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.Collection: Music
I had beautiful bikes and I was really into it. I just thought it was really glamorous.
I met John Lennon and he was with his wife in Tokyo. I met him there.
The quality of the writing, really. Simple as that. Beautiful words. It's very nice as a singer to do great songs, which have wonderful lyrics and strong feelings underneath the song.
Words can be very powerful. I find them very difficult.
Women! I have no idea. I don't know anything about women at all. They're a complete mystery to me.
When I stopped touring in the early '80s for a few years, it was a mistake looking back. I lost touch with my audience in a way and I think that was a bad career move.
Performing was terrifying.
Oh yes, much, because music is just something that comes to you. You don't question it.
It's nice to know that there are several different avenues I could pursue.
It's fabulous when you do that, when you discover somebody who you like, when you kind of feel those feelings, even though he articulates them better.
In New York, you couldn't wish for a nicer audience, or in L.A., Chicago, Boston. But when you get into secondary markets, they don't have a clue.
I've had quite a few moments I've liked, so it's good enough.
I'm not really sure what it was, the best moment. You always hope it's to come.
I'd love to follow the Tour de France one day. It's a really exciting spectacle. I've only seen it once as it was coming into Paris and that was very exciting for me. I have memories of that.
I suppose young people think football is glamorous - soccer - it's big money and the stars of it, they look good and have a great big house and a huge Ferrari.
I mean, there are so many of his songs that I like that I could easily do that one day.
I like the name Atomic Kitten. It's so great.
I like the fact that music is more abstract.
I like L.A., but I shouldn't live there.
I don't think I've ever played the Olympia before, but I'm not totally sure.
I don't do interviews at all when I'm on tour, so this time, on a day off, I'll do that kind of thing a little bit. I don't do big promotion schedules, not when I'm touring.
I didn't really want to give up music.
I can never predict what's going to happen.
But when I started writing songs, I stopped painting completely, and the only art things I do are connected to the career, like album sleeves and, to some extent, posters and things like that.
But I was feeling quite down at the time. I was living in L.A., which was kind of weird for me.
But I don't write so much now, because they're too painful.
But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour.
And Mary J. Blige, she's got all these fur coats and hats and stuff. She's good; I like her.
All those rappers, they're the only glamorous people working in music now. They dress up in these chains of gold, cars, girls and this and that, high-heeled shoes.
Other bands wanted to wreck hotel rooms; Roxy Music wanted to redecorate them.Collection: Band
Why should I spoil my mood by wearing an ugly suit?Collection: Ugly
You talk too much, you laugh too loud, and that's the price of love.Collection: Sweet
Everyone in rock 'n roll including myself was touched by Elvis's spirit, I was, and always will be a fan.Collection: Rocks
It must be quite difficult if you have a father who's sort of known. On the other hand, you can get a job in his band.Collection: Jobs
I can't drink a wine if it has an ugly label.Collection: Wine
As you get older, you get a bit more serious.Collection: Serious
I like to piece together different guitarists, unlikely bedfellows. You have Jonny Greenwood playing next to Nile Rodgers on the same track, so it becomes like an orchestra of sounds.Collection: Track
It's quite funny that, 20 years ago, one would have thought putting out a fragrance would [negatively] affect your musical credibility. Now it may enhance it.Collection: Years
While it's a great indulgence, it's also very interesting to have three bass players on the same track.Collection: Player
Get down with your old Allman Bros. records!Collection: Records
I tour a lot, sometimes like a hundred shows a year.Collection: Years
I very rarely play the piano at home. Deliberately, so that when I do play it, I love it.Collection: Home
I will be putting out a fragrance - I'm following in the great steps of Puff Daddy.Collection: Daddy
I loved music from the age of eight. Jazz and blues. But also Little Richard and Elvis Presley.Collection: Eight
You become acutely aware, if you're touring a lot, that you need new songs to invigorate the live show. And make it interesting for yourself, too.Collection: Song
Sometimes you're quite fortunate, being on the stage, getting to meet people like Salvador Dali.Collection: People