Mike Oldfield

“I've always been a bit of a loner.”

“The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either.”

“The success of Tubular Bells was a complete surprise.”

“My main instrument is the electric guitar.”

“I'm a musician. I'm not a celebrity.”

“Everything on 'Tubular Bells' was played in the order you hear it.”

“I'm always trying to do something different and something new.”

“Technology has always been a part of my music.”

“You can't really control what people think of you.”

“I'd like to be remembered as a composer who was able to cross a lot of boundaries.”

“It's a wonderful feeling to be a bridge between generations.”

“I don't really listen to my own music.”

“I suppose I am a frustrated film director.”

“Music is a language, you see, a universal language.”

“I’m not a great believer in lyrics. I think that music can speak for itself.”

“I was a very shy and introverted person, and it was hard for me to talk to people.”

“The whole point of being a musician is to get your music heard.”

“I think of myself as a sound sculptor.”

“I put my heart and soul into my music.”

“Creativity is a very strange thing.”