I wanted people to say that our music sounds like Porcupine Tree, not that it sounds like King Crimson. — 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
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 Image
I'm not one of those guys who can just take a guitar into a room and come out with a song. I… — 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
We had an extreme reaction to Storm Corrosion. We were proud of it, but it divided the audience. The metal fans were… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
I think the rock audience still likes to have a physical product. The demand for owning a physical copy is still there. — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
I think anybody who likes Cardiacs, they tend to be quite evangelistic about them for obvious reasons. They're not a band you… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to a lot of very smart pop records by artists like Kate Bush, Talk Talk, Peter Gabriel, Prince,… — 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
Owning vinyl is like having a beautiful painting hanging in your living room. It's something you can hold, pore over the lyrics,… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
If I want to do an orchestral record, if I want to do an acoustic record, if I want to do a… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
I grew up at the very tail end of the vinyl era, and at the time, I remember, we couldn't wait for… — 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
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
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
Jazz drummers traditionally are not always prepared to just hold down the beat; it's like they're soloing the whole time. — 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
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
