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
Soccer, Think, Big, Ferrari
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
Dress, Chains, Glamorous, Rappers
In New York, you couldn't wish for a nicer audience, or in L.A., Chicago, Boston. But when you get into secondary markets, they don't have a clue.
- Bryan Ferry
Boston, New, Audience, Secondary
I met John Lennon and he was with his wife in Tokyo. I met him there.
- Bryan Ferry
Wife, Tokyo, His, Lennon
Oh yes, much, because music is just something that comes to you. You don't question it.
- Bryan Ferry
Music, Question, Yes, Just Something
The quality of the writing, really. Simple as that. Beautiful words. It's very nice as a singer to do great songs, which have wonderful lyrics and strong feelings underneath the song.
- Bryan Ferry
Song, Very, Which, Lyrics
Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.
- Bryan Ferry
Music, Like, Could, Hendrix
Women! I have no idea. I don't know anything about women at all. They're a complete mystery to me.
- Bryan Ferry
Anything, Idea, About, Complete Mystery
And Mary J. Blige, she's got all these fur coats and hats and stuff. She's good; I like her.
- Bryan Ferry
Fur, Like, Mary, Blige
I had beautiful bikes and I was really into it. I just thought it was really glamorous.
- Bryan Ferry
Beautiful, Thought, Had, Bikes
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.
- Bryan Ferry
Discover, Like, Though, Fabulous
But I don't write so much now, because they're too painful.
- Bryan Ferry
Now, Because, Too, Painful
I like the fact that music is more abstract.
- Bryan Ferry
Music, Fact, Like, Abstract
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
Some, Extent, Stopped, Posters
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
Love, Very, Spectacle, Tour
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.
- Bryan Ferry
Kind, Big, Touring, Tour
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
Looking Back, Mistake, Think, Touring
I like the name Atomic Kitten. It's so great.
- Bryan Ferry
Name, Kitten, Like, Atomic
But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour.
- Bryan Ferry
Peace, Like, Hour, Peace And Quiet
It's not a very high failure rate if you choose people that you really like the sound of.
- Bryan Ferry
High, Like, Very, Rate
You can never get silence anywhere nowadays, have you noticed?
- Bryan Ferry
Music, Never, Get, Noticed
Performing was terrifying.
- Bryan Ferry
Terrifying, Performing
I can never predict what's going to happen.
- Bryan Ferry
Never, Happen, Going, Predict
It's nice to know that there are several different avenues I could pursue.
- Bryan Ferry
Know, Pursue, Could, Several
But when you get music and words together, that can be a very powerful thing.
- Bryan Ferry
Music, Powerful, Very, Powerful Thing
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