Quotes from Bryan Ferry

Other bands wanted to wreck hotel rooms; Roxy Music wanted to redecorate them.

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.

I didn't really want to give up music.

But I was feeling quite down at the time. I was living in L.A., which was kind of weird for me.

I can never predict what's going to happen.

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.

Performing was terrifying.

It's nice to know that there are several different avenues I could pursue.

But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour.

Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.

I've had quite a few moments I've liked, so it's good enough.

I had beautiful bikes and I was really into it. I just thought it was really glamorous.

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.

Words can be very powerful. I find them very difficult.

I like lots of songs, and I find it quite interesting to do [cover songs] from time to time. My first solo hit was in 1973, the Dylan song "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall."

And Mary J. Blige, she's got all these fur coats and hats and stuff. She's good; I like her.

I met John Lennon and he was with his wife in Tokyo. I met him there.

When I was at college - that was the first time I tried singing. I played in a band, and people seemed to like it.

I don't really have a great deal of spare time. I still have a house in the country, but I'm in London 90 percent of the time.

I don't think I've ever played the Olympia before, but I'm not totally sure.

But when you get music and words together, that can be a very powerful thing.

You talk too much, you laugh too loud, and that's the price of love.

But I don't write so much now, because they're too painful.

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.