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People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting me. People in my position don't get approached often enough.

~David Sylvian

Topics: Afraid Anticipate Artists Ask Because Before Being Down Enough Get Hesitate Involved Me Musicians Often People Position Projects Turned Young

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Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it.

~David Sylvian

Topics: About Bad Bad Thing Compromise Little Need Precious Sometimes Thing You

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Zen Buddhism is a discipline where belief isn't necessary.

~David Sylvian

Topics: Belief Buddhism Discipline Necessary Where Zen

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I'm obsessed with books.

~David Sylvian

Topics: Books Obsessed

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I don't listen to a lot of music any more and even the people I've loved for years - the Nick Drakes of this world - I can't go back to them and listen to them over and over.

~David Sylvian

Topics: Any Back Even Go Listen Lot Loved More Music Nick Over People Them World Years

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Creating a decent pop song is a challenge - and occasionally, once in every decade - it's kind of fun to do that.

~David Sylvian

Topics: Challenge Creating Decade Decent Every Fun Kind Occasionally Once Pop Pop Song Song

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The public so often want to freeze the artist in a moment in time when they were at their peak, and they want the artist to revisit it over and over again as if it was something authentic.

~David Sylvian

Topics: Again Artist Authentic Freeze Moment Often Over Peak Public Revisit Something Time Want Were

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It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.

~David Sylvian

Topics: Get Inclination Natural Protest Songs Writing

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I knew that I had to find my own voice, both figuratively and literally.

~David Sylvian

Topics: Both Find Had Knew Literally My Own Own Voice

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I think nowadays it doesn't really matter where we are physically located. We create our own culture around us to a large extent, whether it's what we're listening to, what we're watching, what we're reading - it can have very little to do with one's immediate cultural environment. We are in a global culture in that respect.

~David Sylvian

Topics: Around Create Cultural Culture Environment Extent Global Immediate Large Listening Little Located Matter Nowadays Our Own Physically Reading Really Respect Think Us Very Watching Where Whether I Think

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Musician

Born: February 23rd, 1958

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