I write in the studio, I don't sit around with a piano or a guitar and write songs. I get satisfaction out of that because I can finish the song really quickly. I can use whatever momentum I have. I've got to put it down, develop it, and get it as far [as I can], because the excitement of the moment of when you get that idea - you want to try and hold it and build on it and really gain strength from it. Being in the studio and writing songs like that is really the best way.
John CaleEveryone should be encouraged...in spiration and artistic freedom is the cornerstone of rock and roll.
John CaleThe value of having a computer, to me, is that it'll remember everything you do. It's a databank.
John CaleI like it here in New York. I like the idea of having to keep eyes in the back of your head all the time.
John Cale