Peter Gabriel Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“It's only in uncertainty that we're naked and alive.”
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“Whenever there's a camera around, a video or film camera, it's a great deal harder for those in power to bury the story.”
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“One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living thing that has an evolution that, in a way, enables the artist to sell a process rather than a piece of product.”
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“I hold the line, the line of strength that pulls me from the fear.”
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“I look at the time with you to keep me awake and alive.”
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“I think it is the weak and the young and the minorities that you need to look after to get a healthy creative environment - to get a lot of choices, a lot of different styles of music, a lot experimental stuff that everyone else feeds off.”
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“Artists everywhere steal mercilessly all the time and I think this is healthy.”
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“One doubt, one voice, one war, one truth, one dream....”
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“I think that you get the mood of a song stronger if you get it right that way. On the other hand, you put some songs out live and they don't catch flight. They just flop. It is hard to tell until they are out there.”
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“Letting go, it's so hard The way it's hurting now To get this love untied So tough to stay with this thing 'cos if I follow through I face what I denied I'll get those hooks out of me And I'll take out the hooks that I sunk deep in your side Kill that fear of emptiness, that loneliness I hide.”
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“You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire.”
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“In your eyes the light the heat in your eyes I am complete in your eyes I see the doorway to a thousand churches in your eyes the resolution of all the fruitless searches in your eyes I see the light and the heat in your eyes oh, I want to be that complete I want to touch the light, the heat I see in your eyes”
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“Climbing up on Solsbury Hill I could see the city light Wind was blowing, time stood still Eagle flew out of the night He was something to observe Came in close, I heard a voice Standing stretching every nerve I had to listen, had no choice”
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“All of the buildings, all of those cars Were once just a dream In somebodys head.”
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“At the heart, it is world music that I do. It's all connections. Ultimately, we're all connected.”
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“Those of us who have the eyes and ears of the media have a responsibility to amplify the voices of the voiceless.”
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“The dream is a world in which anyone who has anything bad happen to them has a chance of getting their story uploaded, being seen, being watched.”
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“I come to you defenses down with the trust of a child.”
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“The earthly power sucks shadowed milk from sleepy tears undone, from nippled skin as smooth as silk the bugles blown as one.”
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“Once the flames begin to catch the wind will blow it higher, oh Biko, Biko.”
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“The rhythm is below me, the rhythm of the heat. The rhythm is around me, the rhythm has control. The rhythm is inside me, the rhythm has my soul.”
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“I stood in this unsheltered place, 'til I could see the face behind the face.”
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“With this darkness all around me, I like to be liked. In this emptiness and fear, I want to be wanted. Cause I love to be loved.”
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“Everybody nose dive, hold your breath, count to five. Back slap, booby trap, cover it up in bubble wrap. Room shake, earth quake, find a way to stay awake. It's going to blow, it's going to break, this is more than I can take.”
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“The outside world is black and white with only one color dead.”
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“In your eyes I see the doorway to a thousand churches.”
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“I was introduced to lots of great music through my local record store. It was a place where people knew music and they knew me, and could make great suggestions and discoveries. Whether it is in the physical world or on-line, the value of a great and knowledgeable record store has not gone away”
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“With the man in the woman, and the woman in the man. In the blood of Eden lie the woman and the man.”
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“With no guilt and no shame, no sorrow or blame. Whatever it is, we are all the same.”
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