Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry CBEis an English singer, songwriter and musician. His vocal style has been described as an "elegant, seductive croon". He also established a distinctive image and sartorial style; according to The Independent, in common with his contemporary David Bowie, he influenced a generation with both his music and his appearance...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth26 September 1945
music
Oh yes, much, because music is just something that comes to you. You don't question it.
music
I like the fact that music is more abstract.
years musical may
It's quite funny that, 20 years ago, one would have thought putting out a fragrance would [negatively] affect your musical credibility. Now it may enhance it.
music silence quiet
You can never get silence anywhere nowadays, have you noticed?
music firefighter looks
Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.
music powerful together
But when you get music and words together, that can be a very powerful thing.
best hope sure
I'm not really sure what it was, the best moment. You always hope it's to come.
I had beautiful bikes and I was really into it. I just thought it was really glamorous.
But I don't write so much now, because they're too painful.
I mean, there are so many of his songs that I like that I could easily do that one day.
feelings great lyrics nice simple singer strong underneath wonderful
The quality of the writing, really. Simple as that. Beautiful words. It's very nice as a singer to do great songs, which have wonderful lyrics and strong feelings underneath the song.
feeling quite
But I was feeling quite down at the time. I was living in L.A., which was kind of weird for me.
thinking dukes embrace
I like to think Duke Ellington would probably embrace a fragrance as well.
song fall rain
I like lots of songs, and I find it quite interesting to do [cover songs] from time to time. My first solo hit was in 1973, the [Bob] Dylan song "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall."