John Cale
John Cale
John Davies Cale, OBEis a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the American experimental rock band the Velvet Underground...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth9 March 1942
thinking past thinking-about-the-past
I like what the future holds. I don't like thinking about the past.
rocks rock-and-roll artistic
Everyone should be encouraged...in spiration and artistic freedom is the cornerstone of rock and roll.
growing-up growing wales
Growing up in Wales was a pretty Draconian experience with religion.
piano-music people solo
People sort of know me for that solo piano music I did.
mean want minimalist
I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist.
feelings impatient happens
I'm impatient. I get twitchy. When I get that feeling I just go out and make something happen.
giving texture use
What I enjoy most about being on stage is that the natural instruments give you a greater freedom with texture. When you use natural instruments they have their own resonance.
movement kind courses
When somebody grabs a movement, you're kind of locked into it. It's all par for the course.
new-york eye ideas
I like it here in New York. I like the idea of having to keep eyes in the back of your head all the time.
song writing writing-songs
That's what my life is, writing songs.
new-york reading writing
I'm writing a movie about Mozart going to New York in the '60s. I've been reading so many novels.
people ifs
If I'm interested in what I'm doing, other people will be interested in it.
new-york cities austin
In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places.
rocks personality ham
I am a ham. I've no business being rock 'n' roll. I've said it over and over again that I'm a classical composer, dishevelling my personality by dabbling in rock 'n' roll.