Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry CBEis an English singer, songwriter and musician. His vocal style has been described as an "elegant, seductive croon". He also established a distinctive image and sartorial style; according to The Independent, in common with his contemporary David Bowie, he influenced a generation with both his music and his appearance...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth26 September 1945
song fall rain
I like lots of songs, and I find it quite interesting to do [cover songs] from time to time. My first solo hit was in 1973, the [Bob] Dylan song "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall."
song mean bored
It's good having a lot of different songs to choose from to do the show. It means you don't get bored of doing it in one particular genre.
giving perspective world
Much as I love the northeast, I didn't want to spend my life there. I wanted to experiment. Savour everything you can while you're here! Touring, seeing the world... That in itself gives you a different perspective.
giving-up giving want
I didn't really want to give up music.
serious bits
As you get older, you get a bit more serious.
schedules littles interviews
I don't do interviews at all when I'm on tour, so this time, on a day off, I'll do that kind of thing a little bit. I don't do big promotion schedules, not when I'm touring.
memories paris one-day
I'd love to follow the Tour de France one day. It's a really exciting spectacle. I've only seen it once as it was coming into Paris and that was very exciting for me. I have memories of that.
music silence quiet
You can never get silence anywhere nowadays, have you noticed?
thinking ferry
I don't think I've ever played the Olympia before, but I'm not totally sure.
mistake moving thinking
When I stopped touring in the early '80s for a few years, it was a mistake looking back. I lost touch with my audience in a way and I think that was a bad career move.
wine labels ugly
I can't drink a wine if it has an ugly label,
sweet laughing too-much
You talk too much, you laugh too loud, and that's the price of love.
feelings fabulous kind
It's fabulous when you do that, when you discover somebody who you like, when you kind of feel those feelings, even though he articulates them better.
quiet hours peace-and-quiet
But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour.