Steven Wilson Quotes

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Steven Wilson

Profession : Musician

Birth : November 3, 1967

We are living in dystopia, in a world that is dominated by technology and disconnect, alienation, loneliness, and dysfunction.

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Owning vinyl is like having a beautiful painting hanging in your living room. It's something you can hold, pore over the lyrics, and immerse yourself in the art work.

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Ever since I was a kid, I've always been interested in the poetry of melancholy, if you like.

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You cannot please everyone, and I think that what's important, ultimately, is to make sure you please yourself. If you start trying to please other people, you'll just go around in circles.

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The whole notion of an alternative truth is a paradox. How can you have an alternative to truth?

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I think I've become a better storyteller over the years.

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I myself lived in London for 20 years, and I never knew my next-door neighbors. I never knew what they did. I never knew their names. They didn't know what I did for a living, and they didn't know my name.

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When I was growing up, I was always looking for the most willfully uncommercial music: Whether it was Captain Beefheart or Frank Zappa or King Crimson, that's what attracted me.

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When I was a very young kid, the first music that really turned me on was a new wave of British heavy metal - big, dumb rock music. There was a band called Diamond Head - they were basically the band that inspired Metallica. But I also liked bands like Saxon and Iron Maiden.

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Israel is a wonderful country, especially Tel Aviv.

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It's possible that Israel will be my second home, but it won't be my only home.

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'Routine' was written on piano, and you can hear that. But then you listen to 'Happy Returns,' and you can tell it's definitely been written on guitar, with that singer-songwriter-y strumming quality.

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When I did 'Hand Cannot Erase,' I didn't have a specific singer in mind.

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The city can be the loneliest place of all.

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I think anybody who likes Cardiacs, they tend to be quite evangelistic about them for obvious reasons. They're not a band you can be on the fence about.

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Pink Floyd, the most successful progressive rock band of all time, have stood the test of time because the emphasis was always on melody and atmosphere.

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I've always wanted to make some kind of music that was universally appreciated.

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Some musicians feel they have to provide what their audiences expect. They lose the distinction between an artist and an entertainer. I am not an entertainer.

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I think there's something very peculiar about living in the city and not part of the major metropolis; that actually makes it remarkably easy to disappear.

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There are certain topics that I've come back to time and again throughout my career. On 'To the Bone,' there are certain subjects I have touched on before.

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