Mike Oldfield Quotes

#1. I'm constantly trying to be as original as I can.

Guy Pearce

#2. My parents, you see, were a little square. They cared more about being good parents in the general sense than being good parents for me. They wanted to appear normal; respectable and responsible. But they weren't prepared to acknowledge my individual needs.

Joss Sheldon

#3. I think I'm a good father, but that's taken a lifetime of experience.

Mike Oldfield

#4. I'd probably say to my younger self, get yourself a whole collection of lawyers. Which is what I have now.

Mike Oldfield

#5. When you're not playing the hero of the story, then you have to know that you're always a foil for the good guy. I love playing that. I think that's always an interesting place to be.

Jessalyn Gilsig

#6. The lighting changes were definitely the biggest thing and the biggest reason that people don't shoot stop motion outdoors.

Kirsten Lepore

#7. I'm an ardent Trekkie and I look forward to the United Federation of Planets.

Mike Oldfield

#8. I thought I'd join the RAF and become a wing commander. I realised this wasn't possible, although I do have a pilot's licence.

Mike Oldfield

#9. Love is ... what makes a weak man brave and a king step off his throne. Good times, bad times, easy times, tough times, it comes in an instant and lasts three days after forever. That's what love is.

Mike Oldfield

#10. Lost in Static 18
And the storm is closing in now
Automatic 18 - Got to push through - Trapped in living hell
You're a prisoner of the dark sky
The propeller blades are still
And the evil eye of the hurricane's
Coming in now for the kill

Mike Oldfield

#11. You have only one life, and no one else will live it for you. Shouldn't you take the time right now to figure out what that life is all about?

Harry Browne

#12. In this world, everything has a pulse or a vibration. This sound is unique to each living or non-living thing and in itself creates a music that no-one can hear. I believe that this has a very powerful resonance with, and a deep effect on, our lives.

Mike Oldfield

#13. We have to define future worlds by imagining them first together.
Otherwise, we will deal with no man's lands and potential conflicts.

Toba Beta

#14. Punk is the way of those who are unable to express themselves, but they aren't dangerous; at worst, they may kill their audience.

Mike Oldfield

#15. Hip Hop will always have a lane of its own, for those that appreciate the culture.

Iceberg Slim

#16. Vess Incorporated had simply dug them out of one hole and buried them in another

Michel Faber

#17. I'm just so grateful and astonished that I'm still respected and listened to.

Mike Oldfield

#18. My attorney put down the phone after making several calls. "There's only one place where we can get fresh salmon," he said, "and it's closed on Sunday." "Of course," I snapped. "These goddamn Jesus freaks! They're multiplying like rats!

Hunter S. Thompson

#19. Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.

Clark Gable

#20. A distribution is just if it arises from another just distribution by legitimate means.

Robert Nozick

#21. In summer winter rain or sun, it's good to be on horseback.

Mike Oldfield

#22. I don't have any friends; I just have lawyers.

Mike Oldfield

#23. The biggest problems were to do with ... well, to get that successful when you're so young, it attracts hangers-on, parasites, people who want to feed off you.

Mike Oldfield