"We never considered ourselves part of the goth thing."

-- Ian Astbury

“I've played a ***** addict and a speed freak and dark characters throughout my career.”
“A game master or teacher who was primarily concerned with being close enough to the "innermost meaning" would be a very bad teacher. To be candid, I myself, for example, have never in my life said a word to my pupils about the "meaning" of music; if there is one it does not need my explanations. On the other hand I have always made a great point of having my pupils count their eighths and sixteenths nicely. Whatever you become, teacher, scholar, or musician, have respect for the "meaning" but do not imagine that it can be taught.”
“I know my priorities... I love music and I will continue to make songs, I know it's not just a period in my life. But I am focused on my studies.”
“Where I grew up, we spent a lot of time outside. I moved to Paris when I was 19, and from then on, it was exactly the opposite. On the weekend, you go to the galleries, the museums, the movies. And I thought, "I'm not going to be like all of these friends I've had who are now at this certain stage in their lives, and they are all unhappy with themselves because they never get out in the fresh air or the sun, and they get so disconnected from their bodies that they have to just layer and layer and layer like onions. I am not getting old like that."”
“I like to do things that I develop from the ground up.”
“girls forbidden to dance would only attract husbands with bad complexions and sunken chests.”
“There is nothing new in art except talent.”
“Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.”

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