John Cale

“If it's not fun, you're not doing it right.”

“I'm not a nostalgic person. I don't look back.”

“The best way to get approval is not to need it.”

“Fear is a man's best friend.”

“You can't legislate intelligence and common sense.”

“The reason we're here is to get from point A to point B. The reason we have points A and B is that some of us are here, and others are over there.”

“I was interested in the electric viola, but I was not really interested in the viola. I was interested in the viola because it was a different sound.”

“When you're a musician, you're a musician. You can't stop. You're not going to be a plumber. You're going to be a musician.”

“What you get is what you get. What you do with it is what makes you a person.”

“It's the dream of all classical musicians to be a rock star.”

“I am not a pop musician. I'm a classical musician who has been sidetracked.”

“Hindsight is a wonderful thing.”

“Pop music is a fashion. It's not a religion.”

“The biggest problem with melancholy is that it is a narcissistic emotion.”