Steve Lillywhite Quotes

#1. I am not a rock producer. I don't see that. I once turned down Guns N' Roses. I don't like shouting. I'm a melody guy. I love great melody.

Steve Lillywhite

#2. I couldn't turn down The Rolling Stones. A real man would never turn down the chance of working with legends like them.

Steve Lillywhite

#3. I've always been very detail orientated, but I have gone from embellishment to nudity - from designing for a woman that likes to be dressed to designing for a woman that likes to be undressed.

Christian Louboutin

#4. Dear God. She ached, wanting something that she knew was a sin.
Wanting a man who was sin itself.

Elizabeth Hoyt

#5. Lots of people say it's the song. For me, it's not always the song - there's something bigger: the spirit of an artist.

Steve Lillywhite

#6. Men are shallow - we don't remember things like women do. Or we don't bring it up and blurt it out at inappropriate moments. When bridges are trying to be built, we don't detonate them.

Steve Lillywhite

#7. I am completely serious. When I decide to do something, I decide to really do it.

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#8. To the bunch at Ryan's Tavern who still quite justifiably blame the boss rather than themselves.

Richard Fitzgerald

#9. I got an apartment for my family so they can move out of this one-room that they were renting out from a family.

Michelle Phan

#10. Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, as He was a great advertiser in His own day. He thought of His life as business.

Bruce Barton

#11. For me, the singer is actually the most important element. When I work with someone, it all comes down to whether I like the singer or not.

Steve Lillywhite

#12. GRC is about collaboration and harmony.

Pearl Zhu

#13. I can't make two records at the same time. Whatever I do, I have to concentrate on and put everything in, because if I don't, I'm just not good.

Steve Lillywhite

#14. All certainty
that comes after the 'original sin' of dismantling the matter-of-fact
world full of routine and short of reflection must be a manufactured
certainty, a blatantly and unashamedly 'made-up' certainty,
burdened with all the inborn vulnerability of human-made decisions.

Zygmunt Bauman

#15. I do believe in art and commerce coming together.

Steve Lillywhite

#16. There is very little genuine rock and roll out there at the moment - but Steve Conte has hit the nail on the head with this one!

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#17. I really need to push myself and try my hardest every time, because I come from the premise that I'm not very good and I have to give my best. Otherwise, I don't deliver.

Steve Lillywhite

#18. Lili manages to mix Kate Bush with modern influences to make a beautifully unique sound based around her amazing violin skills and soulful voice.

Steve Lillywhite

#19. My personality is very good for nurturing. I'm very empathetic to my artists. You speak to anyone who's worked with me and they'll say, "Oh yeah, Steve's great. He doesn't have the ego."

Steve Lillywhite