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best sylvian quotes

PostPosted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:08 am
by neonico
GO and sit in a darkened room," "It'll make sense then 'cos it's a bit difficult. But for God's sake, don't listen to it in the car driving through Wales. You don't stand a bloody chance then."


sylvian 2005

PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:10 am
by neonico
“I wouldn’t say I was afraid of sex, no. I never enjoyed sex. It never interested me. Even now I have sex rarely because I don’t enjoy it that much. It never meant much to me. Do I know why? No, I’ve never bothered to explore why. I’m quite happy that it doesn’t. I can find it repulsive in men, especially men, whose lives seem based around sexual activity.”


sylvian 1988

PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:20 am
by neonico
“I dislike my body, it’s clumsy, it gets in the way.”


sylvian 1984

PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:57 am
by neonico
I wasn't testing the listen as much as testing myself. I didn't want to feel comfortable as a writer or listen when dealing with the subject matter of these compositions. I was seething, weeping, screaming. This doesn't necessarily make for easy listening (nor for successful recordings as a rule). I was attempting to stretch myself, to touch upon, for want of a better word and at risk of overstating the fact, some unvarnished truth in a place that felt unsafe, unknown to me (musically).


sylvian 2005

PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:57 am
by neonico
Time to curl up next to a sleeping child absorb her warmth and dream.


sylvian 2005

PostPosted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:36 pm
by Bern
"A positive state rising out of a negative one" Sylvian's description of which track?

PostPosted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 3:28 pm
by godisinthesilences
Bern wrote:"A positive state rising out of a negative one" Sylvian's description of which track?


fire in the forest?

either that or its a much older quote and i'm just having a terrible time recalling exactly when i heard it... but i know i have....

PostPosted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 3:28 pm
by godisinthesilences
neonico wrote:I wasn't testing the listen as much as testing myself. I didn't want to feel comfortable as a writer or listen when dealing with the subject matter of these compositions. I was seething, weeping, screaming. This doesn't necessarily make for easy listening (nor for successful recordings as a rule). I was attempting to stretch myself, to touch upon, for want of a better word and at risk of overstating the fact, some unvarnished truth in a place that felt unsafe, unknown to me (musically).


sylvian 2005



leelee where did you find this one?

PostPosted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 12:29 pm
by Bern
"Gods", no it was Let The Happiness in

PostPosted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:04 pm
by neonico
hallo gods


this was an interview with Antony reynolds dalled Conversations with paintings.

i think i posted the whole interview on this site. under the catageroy general disscusion


topic personal interview.

PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 1:54 pm
by Astronaut
"The periphery is the area I inhabit in all aspects of my life ..." DS 2005

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 5:13 am
by billster
It can be found in the 'writings' section at www.anthonyreynolds.net

Re: best sylvian quotes

PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:09 pm
by suzannahsylvian
I want to read some DS quotes, anyone know a good site?

another quote

PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:51 pm
by neonico
Snow Borne Sorrow .... You can talk to me?
And the first song I wrote after the collapse of the Twins. On 10 September was snow bourne sorrow