50+ Bryan Ferry Quotes On Radio, Tour And David Bowie

Bryan Ferry is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the rock band Roxy Music. He has also had a successful solo career, spanning four decades, and has released numerous hit singles, such as "Let's Stick Together" and "Slave to Love". Following is our collection on famous quotes by Bryan Ferry on life, love, radio.

Top 10 Bryan Ferry Quotes

1. But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour.
2. And Mary J. Blige, she's got all these fur coats and hats and stuff. She's good; I like her.
3. Women! I have no idea. I don't know anything about women at all. They're a complete mystery to me.
4. Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.
5. I don't do interviews at all when I'm on tour, so this time, on a day off, I'll do that kind of thing a little bit. I don't do big promotion schedules, not when I'm touring.
6. Why should I spoil my mood by wearing an ugly suit?
7. It's fabulous when you do that, when you discover somebody who you like, when you kind of feel those feelings, even though he articulates them better.
8. I've had quite a few moments I've liked, so it's good enough.
9. You talk too much, you laugh too loud, and that's the price of love.
10. I like to piece together different guitarists, unlikely bedfellows. You have Jonny Greenwood playing next to Nile Rodgers on the same track, so it becomes like an orchestra of sounds.

Bryan Ferry Short Quotes

• It's nice to know that there are several different avenues I could pursue.
• You can never get silence anywhere nowadays, have you noticed?
• I will be putting out a fragrance - I'm following in the great steps of Puff Daddy.
• It's not a very high failure rate if you choose people that you really like the sound of.
• I can never predict what's going to happen.
• I met John Lennon and he was with his wife in Tokyo. I met him there.
• Words can be very powerful. I find them very difficult.
• I don't think I've ever played the Olympia before, but I'm not totally sure.
• I like L.A., but I shouldn't live there.
• I like the name Atomic Kitten. It's so great.

Bryan Ferry Quotes About Love

I very rarely play the piano at home. Deliberately, so that when I do play it, I love it. — Bryan Ferry

Much as I love the northeast, I didn't want to spend my life there. I wanted to experiment. Savour everything you can while you're here! Touring, seeing the world... That in itself gives you a different perspective. — Bryan Ferry

I loved music from the age of eight. Jazz and blues. But also Little Richard and Elvis Presley. — Bryan Ferry

I'd love to follow the Tour de France one day. It's a really exciting spectacle. I've only seen it once as it was coming into Paris and that was very exciting for me. I have memories of that. — Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry Quotes About Tour

You become acutely aware, if you're touring a lot, that you need new songs to invigorate the live show. And make it interesting for yourself, too. — Bryan Ferry

When I stopped touring in the early '80s for a few years, it was a mistake looking back. I lost touch with my audience in a way and I think that was a bad career move. — Bryan Ferry

I tour a lot, sometimes like a hundred shows a year. — Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry Quotes About Music

All those rappers, they're the only glamorous people working in music now. They dress up in these chains of gold, cars, girls and this and that, high-heeled shoes. — Bryan Ferry

I didn't really want to give up music. — Bryan Ferry

It must be really hard to be starting out in music now. — Bryan Ferry

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. — Bryan Ferry

Other bands wanted to wreck hotel rooms; Roxy Music wanted to redecorate them. — Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry Famous Quotes And Sayings

But when I started writing songs, I stopped painting completely, and the only art things I do are connected to the career, like album sleeves and, to some extent, posters and things like that. — Bryan Ferry

I suppose young people think football is glamorous - soccer - it's big money and the stars of it, they look good and have a great big house and a huge Ferrari. — Bryan Ferry

I don't really have a great deal of spare time. I still have a house in the country, but I'm in London 90 percent of the time. — Bryan Ferry

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 Dylan song “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall.” — Bryan Ferry

As you get older, you get a bit more serious. — Bryan Ferry

It's good having a lot of different songs to choose from to do the show. It means you don't get bored of doing it in one particular genre. — Bryan Ferry

Sometimes you're quite fortunate, being on the stage, getting to meet people like Salvador Dali. — Bryan Ferry

I've done shows with orchestras, and I like writing with orchestras. — Bryan Ferry

At home I don't really have any drum machines or anything like that, I just have a piano and a cassette machine, an old-fashioned one, an old relic which I've always used. — Bryan Ferry

Performing was terrifying. — Bryan Ferry

It must be quite difficult if you have a father who's sort of known. On the other hand, you can get a job in his band. — Bryan Ferry

I like to think Duke Ellington would probably embrace a fragrance as well. — Bryan Ferry

Everyone in rock 'n roll including myself was touched by Elvis's spirit, I was, and always will be a fan. — Bryan Ferry

Get down with your old Allman Bros. records! — Bryan Ferry

While it's a great indulgence, it's also very interesting to have three bass players on the same track. — Bryan Ferry

I did some songs for Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby. I had done a jazz album of Roxy songs, and they used bits of it in the film. It would be nice to score a movie one day. — Bryan Ferry

I can't drink a wine if it has an ugly label. — Bryan Ferry

When I was at college - that was the first time I tried singing. I played in a band, and people seemed to like it. — Bryan Ferry

Life Lessons by Bryan Ferry

1. Bryan Ferry's work demonstrates the importance of staying true to your artistic vision and not compromising your style for commercial success.
2. His career has also shown that it is possible to remain relevant and successful over a long period of time, even when trends and fashions change.
3. Finally, his music illustrates how the combination of different genres and influences can create something unique and timeless.