My autobiography would be 'Loves music, loves art, works hard, writes music, tours the world, makes records.' — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
I wanted people to say that our music sounds like Porcupine Tree, not that it sounds like King Crimson. — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
I loved disco music, and I still count Donna Summer as one of my favorites of all time. — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to make some kind of music that was universally appreciated. — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
It's a cliche that music rises above it all, and it's a cliche for a reason - it's very often true. — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I worked for several years composing music for commercials, but I was very happy to give that up.… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I was always looking for the most willfully uncommercial music: Whether it was Captain Beefheart or Frank… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
Pink Floyd, the most successful progressive rock band of all time, have stood the test of time because the emphasis was always… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
It's too easy now to find music, and it's therefore too easy to dismiss music, particularly music that doesn't hit you the… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
Human beings find change very difficult. They find change is something that can be quite an awkward thing to adjust to. It… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
Some musicians feel they have to provide what their audiences expect. They lose the distinction between an artist and an entertainer. I… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
That's what made me fall in love with music in the first place was the idea of being able to take listeners… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
People who like progressive music tend to sneer at the idea of a kind of punk aesthetic, and people who like alternative… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
What I do is I basically make records to please myself first and foremost, and so one of the most important things… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
The one thing I do believe is, if you make the songs about the human aspects of things, you've got a much… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
I get really frustrated - actually, it almost makes me angry - when I see, sometimes, magazines will publish a musician's playlist.… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
When I was a very young kid, the first music that really turned me on was a new wave of British heavy… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
Every time the mainstream media talk about progressive rock, they wheel out a clip of Rick Wakeman in a cape. For me,… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
There was a time when pop music and rock music were really reaching for the stars and were not ashamed to be… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to bands like the Cure, Joy Division, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance - these are the bands that… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
One thing I have found over years is that if you change direction, the initial reaction tends to be very polarized, but… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
“The suffering or the bad memories are as important as the good memories, and the good experiences. If you sort of, can… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
I always wanted to create my own musical world. That takes time and must be earned, and it does mean sometimes confronting… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
I've been making Bass Communion music longer than any kind of other music. I don't know if you picked up a copy… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
I've never been one of those people who say, 'Oh, well, if you play this kind of music, you can only like… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
The nature of music fandom and music fans is that, very often, they fall in love with a band or a particular… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
I never made a distinction, really, between music and sound. Let me explain what I mean by that. I grew up near… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
Pop shouldn't be a comfortable slipper. It should shock and surprise you and confront your expectations. — Steven Wilson Copy Share
The truth is I got rid of 100% of my vinyl in the '90s. All the vinyl I have is re-bought. — Steven Wilson Copy Share
You've got a lot pulling at your time already - which may be the best reason to start cultivating your green thumb. — Steven Wilson Copy Share
You forget, living outside of a country, that the actions of the government are not the actions of the people. — Steven Wilson Copy Share
Ultimately, I'd like to create a body of work where every album has its own personality and a reason to exist within the catalog,… — Steven Wilson Copy Share
We had an extreme reaction to Storm Corrosion. We were proud of it, but it divided the audience. The metal fans were divided. Some… — Steven Wilson Copy Share
The real artists are ultimately people who don't consider their audience and are almost incapable of considering their audience. They can do what they… — Steven Wilson Copy Share
I grew up with vinyl records and remember the pleasure and the kind of buzz that I got from buying a beautiful vinyl record… — Steven Wilson Copy Share
It's always lovely to discover that the people that you kind of look up to are actually very down-to-earth people. — Steven Wilson Copy Share
If you want to be an entertainer and just keep your audience happy, that's one thing. But to be an artist, I think, means… — Steven Wilson Copy Share
I always wanted to create my own musical world. That takes time and must be earned, and it does mean sometimes confronting the expectations… — Steven Wilson Copy Share
My fifth record is, in many ways, inspired by the hugely ambitious progressive pop records that I loved in my youth. — Steven Wilson Copy Share
I've never been one of those people who say, 'Oh, well, if you play this kind of music, you can only like these kinds… — Steven Wilson Copy Share
Being English, we're polite and reserved, we don't express our opinions; we're very private people. — Steven Wilson Copy Share
