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I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist.

- John Cale

Want, Mean, Get, Lean

Time plays a role in almost every decision. And some decisions define your attitude about time.

- John Cale

Attitude, Some, Plays, Decisions

When somebody grabs a movement, you're kind of locked into it. It's all par for the course.

- John Cale

Kind, Course, Par, Locked

In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places.

- John Cale

New, Other, Cities, Context

The avant-garde makes more sense to me.

- John Cale

Me, More, Makes, Avant-Garde

I'm writing a movie about Mozart going to New York in the '60s. I've been reading so many novels.

- John Cale

New, Movie, Been, Mozart

Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure.

- John Cale

Fact, Amount, Musical, Improvising

Growing up in Wales was a pretty Draconian experience with religion.

- John Cale

Growing Up, Growing, Pretty, Draconian

I missed out on my teenage years. I led a sheltered life. I was practicing scales instead of playing football.

- John Cale

Missed, Practicing, Teenage, Scales

We'd hold a chord for three hours if we could.

- John Cale

Three, Hours, Could, Chord

People sort of know me for that solo piano music I did.

- John Cale

Music, Me, Piano, Solo

We gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance.

- John Cale

Performance, Trying, Idea, Representation

The only reason we wore sunglasses onstage was because we couldn't stand the sight of the audience.

- John Cale

Sunglasses, Reason, Audience, Wore

What I enjoy most about being on stage is that the natural instruments give you a greater freedom with texture. When you use natural instruments they have their own resonance.

- John Cale

Give, Natural, Texture, Resonance

I like what the future holds. I don't like thinking about the past.

- John Cale

Future, Past, Like, Holds

All of the sudden the audiences started getting younger and the spread of the attendance was really wide. I think it's as a result of the records selling more that they started following our careers.

- John Cale

Think, I Think, Wide, Sudden

If you're all loaded up on love, you haven't got anywhere else to go.

- John Cale

Love, Go, Anywhere, Love You

I'm impatient. I get twitchy. When I get that feeling I just go out and make something happen.

- John Cale

Feeling, Go, Happen, Impatient

I never use the word, it's loaded. What love means to me is need.

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Love, Never, Means, Loaded

I'm content with making records, but I don't want to be doing the same thing all the time.

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Doing, Making, Same Thing, Content

I learn from thinking about the future, what hasn't been done yet. That's kind of my constant obsession.

- John Cale

Learn, Been, Constant, Obsession

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