John Cale

“I'm not a nostalgic person. I don't look back.”

“The best way to get approval is not to need it.”

“If it's not fun, you're not doing it right.”

“The biggest problem with melancholy is that it is a narcissistic emotion.”

“When you're a musician, you're a musician. You can't stop. You're not going to be a plumber. You're going to be a musician.”

“What you get is what you get. What you do with it is what makes you a person.”

“Pop music is a fashion. It's not a religion.”

“You can't legislate intelligence and common sense.”

“The reason we're here is to get from point A to point B. The reason we have points A and B is that some of us are here, and others are over there.”

“Fear is a man's best friend.”

“It's the dream of all classical musicians to be a rock star.”

“I am not a pop musician. I'm a classical musician who has been sidetracked.”

“Hindsight is a wonderful thing.”

“I was interested in the electric viola, but I was not really interested in the viola. I was interested in the viola because it was a different sound.”