I’d rather hear Dave Gilmour playing one note and break my heart, than hearing Joe Satriani playing 300 notes and not touch me in any way at all.
Fuente: [2:26, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uZ46EJMQ0U, Steve Wilson From Porcupine Tree Talks About How To Mix A Record, Steve Wilson de Porcupine Tree habla sobre como mezclar una grabación, inglés, 24 de julio de 2016, 24 de mayo de 2010, Fret12.com, YouTube]
Frases célebres de Steven Wilson
I don't have a family, and I'm not particularly interested in having kids, so in a way perhaps the work, the music I make is some kind of alternative to the idea of having a family, or having progeny. Your work, your albums, your music becomes in a way my progeny. The thing that will live on after I go.
Fuente: Steven Wilson: 'My Biggest Ambition Is To Score A Movie', Steven Wilson: 'Mi ambición más grande es orquestar una película', 28 de junio de 2016, 15 de febrero de 2013, Ultimate Guitar Archive, Tom, Davenport, inglés https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/steven_wilson_my_biggest_ambition_is_to_score_a_movie.html,
I love CDs, and for some kinds of music - classical for example - it is better than vinyl. But the problem with the CD and digital downloads is that there's nothing you can really cherish or treasure. Owning vinyl is like having a beautiful painting hanging in your living room. It's something you can hold, pore over the lyrics and immerse yourself in the art work. I thought it was just a nostalgic thing, but it can't be if kids too young to remember vinyl are enjoying that kind of experience.
Fuente: 24 de julio de 2016, español, La era de las redes sociales es la era de lo antisocial: Steven Wilson, 11 de mayo de 2015, César, Rebolledo González, Chilango http://www.chilango.com/musica/nota/2015/05/11/la-era-de-las-redes-sociales-es-la-era-de-lo-antisocial-steven-wilson,
...people call me workaholic a lot, because a do a lot of work, a produce solo music. I think part of that, part of that driving, part of that motivation, comes from the fear of mortality, the idea that one day, soon, sometime in the next fifty years, I’m gonna cease to exist. That’s I think about a lot, but of course it’s also in the back of my mind when I write any song.
My relationship with the guitar has always been slightly odd because I never thought of myself as a guitar player. I thought of myself as a songwriter, a producer. Actually, I can simplify even further: I thought of myself as someone who made records.
Fuente: INTERVIEW: Steven Wilson, 2 de octubre de 2013, Peter, Hodgson, i heart guitar, 24 de julio de 2016, inglés http://iheartguitarblog.com/2013/10/stevenwilson.html#sthash.1TXfOuaO.dpbs,
Israel is a very open-minded place but it’s also the Holy Land, and people always make that association. Israel is seen as a hotbed of religion and living in Tel Aviv, it was definitely not the impression that I got.
You have to create the art in a vacuum... If you're not doing that, then you have become an entertainer.
Fuente: 5 minutes alone: Steven Wilson, 5 minutos a solas: Steven Wilson, 24 de julio de 2016, inglés, Matt, Parker, MusicRadar, Junio 2016 http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/5-minutes-alone-steven-wilson-639459,
I think the responsibility of every true artist is ultimately to be selfish, to make something that they themselves believe 100 percent in and not to ever think about what other people want from them.
Frases de música de Steven Wilson
There‘s something slightly disturbing about people who create extraordinary music. It‘s almost like were you tapping into part of their mind which other people don‘t tap into. This is my theory. So there is a very thin line, if you look at the great artists, someone like Picasso or Mozart. They are on the verge of insanity, on the verge of being extremely disturbed, psychopathic people. But in a way they‘ve chosen to channel those impulses into creativity. I guess that there is a very thin line between channelling them in creativity and destruction.
Fuente: PDF, No Fear of a Blank Planet, Voyage PT, 13 de noviembre de 2007, 24 de julio de 2016, Uwe, Häberle, Claudia, Ritcher, Stuttgart, Alemania, inglés http://www.voyage-pt.de/VPT-SWInterview20071113-English.pdf,
I think part of the artist’s responsibility is to, in a way, expose themselves. And when you do that, I think you’re holding up a mirror to the people who listen to your music. That mirror is of course an image of yourself, but you’re asking the people that listen to the music to see if they recognize themselves when they look in that mirror.
Fuente: Steven Wilson: ‘Being an Artist is All About Being Selfish’, Steven Wilson: 'Ser un artista es completamente sobre ser egoísta', Nabeela, Shaikh, 3 de febrero de 2016, Rolling Stone India, 24 de julio de 2016, inglés http://rollingstoneindia.com/steven-wilson-rolling-stone-india-interview/,
“La música más triste es en realidad la más hermosa.”
I’ve always said the most sad music it is actually the most beautiful…
Fuente: [Bruselas, Bélgica, http://www.dprp.net/wp/interviews/?page_id=2502, Steven Wilson, Dave, Baird, The Dutch Progressive Rock Page, inglés, Junio 2012, 24 de julio de 2016]