Quotes By Julian Cope

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 I'll never own my first album ever, which sucks.

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.

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 remember me, not because I was great, but because I didn't cause them any later embarrassment.

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 and positive use.

To rally every black sheep is my goal.

My mission was always intended to be slightly outside the public eye, because that makes me appear more interesting than I really am. A lot of people don't realise that merely by staying away, you can create a myth.

Yeah. I do get incredibly anxious. Almost borderline panic attacks.

I get twitchy if I don't pick up a guitar or sit at the piano every now and then... I have to do it; I don't have a choice.

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.

Use it or lose it is a cliche because it's true.

I'd spent my childhood thinking bad things, bad things every day. It had made me sick, but it had made me determined.