James Dean Bradfield famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Anybody that forms a group, writes songs and releases records and says they don't care if people like them are complete liars.
-- James Dean Bradfield

#Song #Liars #Writing
I became a completely dysfunctional, miserable person, completely uncommunicative and aggressive.
-- James Dean Bradfield

#Mental Illness #Miserable #Aggressive
I think it's good that opportunity, like circumstances, can really affect what you do and you have no control over it.
-- James Dean Bradfield

#Opportunity #Thinking #Circumstances
I never write a tune before the lyrics. I get the lyrics and then I write around them. Some people write music and the lyrics come along and they say, 'Oh yeah, I've got something to fit that.' If that's the way people write songs, I feel like you might as well just go to the supermarket.
-- James Dean Bradfield

#Song #Writing #People
I set myself a rule before I actually write a tune to the lyrics, and the rule is that I've got to take the lyrics on to a level of understanding before I can actually write music to them. What I'm doing is interpretation. If I don't write the lyrics, therefore I must interpret them to the best of my ability. So my rule is that I must understand it, but I don't necessarily have to accept.
-- James Dean Bradfield

#Writing #Understanding #Tunes
The people I've met -- obviously, the people I'm going to meet after concerts are people that bother to hang around and there's going to be more of a chance of things translating to them because they're going to take more time over it, if they're going to wait around to meet us. But so far, it does seem as if things written down are translating into people actually buying it, that kind of way.
-- James Dean Bradfield

#People #Waiting #Doe
Most bands, when they sign with a major, are from an indie. They usually start off with a big dilemma. They think they're selling a part of their souls or they're losing control over an aspect of their lives or something.
-- James Dean Bradfield

#Thinking #Losing Control #Soul
It's quite a mistake to think that music fans don't work on major record companies. Sometimes, you know, you do find some good people on corporates, among all the infidels.
-- James Dean Bradfield

#Mistake #Thinking #People
Britain, as a pop music nation, used to have this very 'empire' kind of attitude. We used to 'invade' the world with our bands, you know? That's obviously changed, because in Europe they're much more interested in bands speaking their own language. Especially in France and Germany. They're starting to develop their own bands much more.
-- James Dean Bradfield

#Attitude #Europe #Empires

Good morning, Eeyore," said Pooh. "Good morning, Pooh Bear," said Eeyore gloomily. "If it is a good morning, which I doubt," said he. "Why, what's the matter?" "Nothing, Pooh Bear, nothing. We can't all, and some of us don't. That's all there is to it." "Can't all what?" said Pooh, rubbing his nose. "Gaiety. Song-and-dance. Here we go round the mulberry bush.
It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.
I wanted to be different and original but still have it be something my fans could get into. There also are some big, beautiful ballads. I told my producers that I wanted tracks that are going to blow up in the clubs, but I also wanted songs that were very melodic and with a lot of instrumentation.
If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.
Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life.
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again.
I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.
If the first requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite, the second is to put in your apprenticeship as a feeder when you have enough money to pay the check but not enough to produce indifference of the total.
When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other.

James Dean Bradfield famous quotes

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