Quotes About Satie

It seemed as if Muzak had sucked the soul out of the songs, but in fact they had created something entirely new, something close to what Satie imagined: furniture music, music that was clearly a useful and (to their subscribers) functional part of the environment, there to induce calm and tranquility in their shops and offices. Why is it that Satie's compositions, Brian Eno's ambient music, or the minimal spaced-out

I tend to listen to the classical composers: Rachmaninov, Satie.

I see that Emma's playing Erik Satie," he said to Mr. Woodhouse. "That's one of the Gymnopédies, isn't it?" "I believe it is," said Mr. Woodhouse. "I don't care for it very much. In fact, it gives me the creeps. It's the sort of thing a spider would play if spiders played the piano.

Everything that has a spare piano is 'like Satie' and everything with strings is 'filmic,' Sometimes I get annoyed when they say my stuff sounds 'like Satie'. No, it doesn't. At least, I don't think so.

The waiter had set down the hot drinks, and the steam did feel glorious. The piano played Satie ever so softly. Life was almost worth living, even for a son of a bitch of a monster like myself.

Erik Satie died on July 1, 1925; his last words were 'Ah, the cows...

Acknowledged, Chopper Two. Recommend RLH protocol." "Acknowledged, base. Initiating RLH protocol." Satie switched off. He glanced at Kahurangi. "You can put those glasses away now." "What's the RLH protocol?" I asked. "It means run like hell," Satie said, turning the helicopter.