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.
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,
quiet hours peace-and-quiet
But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour.
writing done orchestra
I've done shows with orchestras, and I like writing with orchestras.
music firefighter looks
Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.
feeling quite
But I was feeling quite down at the time. I was living in L.A., which was kind of weird for me.
nicer secondary
In New York, you couldn't wish for a nicer audience, or in L.A., Chicago, Boston. But when you get into secondary markets, they don't have a clue.