David Sylvian Quotes & Sayings

12 most famous David Sylvian quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a 66 year old English musician born on Feb 23, 1958.

“Zen Buddhism is a discipline where belief isn't necessary.”

“Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it.”

“During the lifetime of Japan I became very neurotic, very paranoid.”

“I'm obsessed with books.”

“It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.”

“I think nowadays it doesn't really matter where we are physically located. We create our own culture around us to a large extent, whether it's what we're listening to, what we're watching, what we're reading - it can have very little to do with one's immediate cultural environment. We are in a global culture in that respect.”

“People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting me. People in my position don't get approached often enough.”