I think you can have the greatest lyrics in the world and if it doesn't have the best tune in the world it will suck. I mean if the music wasn't important it would just be a poem. — Julian Cope Copy Share Image
Maybe rock 'n' roll isn't music. Maybe people just need to be reminded that the world ain't the way they think it is. — Julian Cope Copy Share Image
My mission was always intended to be slightly outside the public eye, because that makes me appear more interesting than I really am. A… — Julian Cope Copy Share Image
I'm going to become the best-remembered artist of my generation by staying away from the party as often as possible. That way, people will… — Julian Cope Copy Share Image
I realize myself that hate wastes a lot of time and energy and I would rather re-direct any energy that I have to good… — Julian Cope Copy Share Image
I'm trying to do it my way. For me to be happy in the business means I have to do it myself. — Julian Cope Copy Share Image
Im going to become the best-remembered artist of my generation by staying away from the party as often as possible. That way, people will… — Julian Cope Copy Share Image
I signed contracts I didn't think were a good idea but people around me said it was the way forward. It saddens me that… — Julian Cope Copy Share Image
I'd spent my childhood thinking bad things, bad things every day. It had made me sick, but it had made me determined. — Julian Cope Copy Share Image
The TV licence people just can't believe we don't have a television. I'm a bolshie git. I shout at them things like, 'I don't… — Julian Cope Copy Share Image
