Steven Wilson Quotes

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Steven Wilson

Profession : Musician

Birth : November 3, 1967

I never claimed to be a generic artist, period. I never wanted to be a generic artist.

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I've put out records over the years, whether it's with Blackfield or No-Man or Bass Communion or Porcupine Tree, that are pop records, ambient records, metal records, singer-songwriter records.

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People have asked me about doing an autobiography, but I don't think my life is that interesting.

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My autobiography would be 'Loves music, loves art, works hard, writes music, tours the world, makes records.'

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I grew up at the very tail end of the vinyl era, and at the time, I remember, we couldn't wait for CD to come along because vinyl was so frustrating. You would buy the record, take it home, and it would have a scratch, and you would have to take it back again.

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The truth is I got rid of 100% of my vinyl in the '90s. All the vinyl I have is re-bought.

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It's something I've recognized in the careers of those people who have been inspiring to me over the years - Neil Young, Kate Bush, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, and Prince. These are all people who constantly redefined themselves, and had to deal with the difficulty of trying to take their audience with them when they did that.

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The one thing I do believe is, if you make the songs about the human aspects of things, you've got a much better chance of having the music transcend the times. If you make them very political and very topical, it's going to date very quickly.

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The nature of music fandom and music fans is that, very often, they fall in love with a band or a particular artist, and they really would like... I'm talking generally; that's not everyone. But a vast majority of the fan base would prefer the band to keep making the same record and the same style of music over and over again.

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I like artists that tend to be more interested in reinventing themselves, in experimenting.

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Is it sad that Storm Corrosion needs to be explained to people before they can accept it? I don't think it's sad; I think it's inevitable. I think it's just human nature.

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Human beings find change very difficult. They find change is something that can be quite an awkward thing to adjust to. It applies to music. It applies to life. It applies to everything.

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There's always something special playing in your home country in front of your home audience.

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I think the rock audience still likes to have a physical product. The demand for owning a physical copy is still there.

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I think having artwork, lyrics, credits and such like are things that people really value. It's hard work to come up with something like that, but I think it's worth it.

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I've seen a fair amount of concert DVDs - some of them are great, some of them are not. If there are problems with them, it's usually because of budget limitations and camerawork.

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I've played to audiences where people are sitting there with their arms crossed, just kind of watching. Although they might be having a great time, and they might be really enjoying the spectacle, if I'm not getting anything back, it does affect the way I perform and project.

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It's nice to be in the position where you're the guy with the vision, but you're able to work with people who can bring your vision to life - and then some.

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Jazz drummers traditionally are not always prepared to just hold down the beat; it's like they're soloing the whole time.

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I think there is something about the Internet which gives people almost an opportunity to role play and to create a facade, an image. I see that as quite a dangerous development because I think what we call social networking, Twitter, Facebook, etc., is actually quite antisocial.

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