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John Cale

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I'm impatient. I get twitchy. When I get that feeling I just go out and make something happen.


— John Cale


#get #go #happen #i #impatient

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


— John Cale


#been #going #i #many #movie

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


— John Cale


#i #interested #other #people #will

If you're all loaded up on love, you haven't got anywhere else to go.


— John Cale


#else #go #got #haven #loaded

In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places.


— John Cale


#cities #context #like #more #much

People sort of know me for that solo piano music I did.


— John Cale


#i #know #me #music #people

That's what my life is, writing songs.


— John Cale


#my life #songs #writing

The value of having a computer, to me, is that it'll remember everything you do. It's a databank.


— John Cale


#everything #having #me #remember #value

Time plays a role in almost every decision. And some decisions define your attitude about time.


— John Cale


#almost #attitude #decision #decisions #define

We gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance.


— John Cale


#good #idea #live #live performance #make






About John Cale

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Did you know about John Cale?

He worked with producer Mike Thorne towards this end. Arriving in New York City he met a number of influential composers. During one gig in Croydon he chopped the head off a dead chicken with a meat cleaver and his band walked offstage in protest.

Since departing from the Velvet Underground in 1968 he has released approximately 30 albums. Of his solo work Cale is perhaps best known for his album Paris 1919 and his cover version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" plus his mid-1970s Island Records trilogy of albums: Fear Slow Dazzle and Helen of Troy. Though best known for his work in rock music Cale has worked in various genres including drone and classical.

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