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People sort of know me for that solo piano music I did.
John Cale
Music
People
That's what my life is, writing songs.
John Cale
Life
Songs
Writing
The avant-garde makes more sense to me.
John Cale
Sense
The only reason we wore sunglasses onstage was because we couldn't stand the sight of the audience.
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Reason
Sight
The value of having a computer, to me, is that it'll remember everything you do. It's a databank.
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Computer
Value
We gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance.
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Idea
Performance
Trying
If I'm interested in what I'm doing, other people will be interested in it.
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People
Will
What I enjoy most about being on stage is that the natural instruments give you a greater freedom with texture. When you use natural instruments they have their own resonance.
John Cale
Being
Freedom
I never use the word, it's loaded. What love means to me is need.
John Cale
Love
Word
I missed out on my teenage years. I led a sheltered life. I was practicing scales instead of playing football.
John Cale
Life
Football
Teenage
Years
Time plays a role in almost every decision. And some decisions define your attitude about time.
John Cale
Time
Attitude
Decision
Decisions
If you're all loaded up on love, you haven't got anywhere else to go.
John Cale
Love
I'm writing a movie about Mozart going to New York in the '60s. I've been reading so many novels.
John Cale
Reading
Writing
I'm impatient. I get twitchy. When I get that feeling I just go out and make something happen.
John Cale
Feeling
I'm content with making records, but I don't want to be doing the same thing all the time.
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Time
Content
Want