Tiersen Quotes

#1. In France the music schools are a bit old fashioned. I was more excited about doing my own stuff or to play with my friend in my band, than studying the piano.

Yann Tiersen

#2. But if we reason it out simply and not try to be one bit fancy, then what sort of pride can you possibly take or what's the sense of ever having it, if man is poorly put together as a physiological type and if the enormous majority of the human race is brutal, stupid, and profoundly unhappy?

Anton Chekhov

#3. I don't compose, actually. I just record. I'm the opposite of a composer in my way of working. I'm more instinctive.

Yann Tiersen

#4. I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.

Yann Tiersen

#5. Most of the time I like to start an album abroad, not at home, just to avoid the pressure, to not wake up and think, 'OK, it's the first of recording this album.' I like to avoid that.

Yann Tiersen

#6. When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.

Yann Tiersen

#7. I want less and less control with music. Just playing music without any idea of composition or writing.

Yann Tiersen

#8. Adolescence is that time when I think, it can be- it's the cruelest place on Earth. It can really be heartless.

Tori Amos

#9. The best way to keep your house spotless is to begin writing a novel.

Jen Knox

#10. Sometimes I could scarcely breathe with the knowledge that for the rest of my life, whenever we wanted, Peter and I could lie down and do whatever we wished.

Anne Rivers Siddons

#11. I love working and writing new songs. But sometimes you need to wait, to have something in your mind, and then you can let yourself play music.

Yann Tiersen

#12. You know how I know she's your most important person? You pick her every time.

Jenny Han

#13. I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.

Yann Tiersen

#14. Sometimes it's just 'Oh my God, I love the taste of fried oysters on French bread with mayonnaise and an order of French fries.' I'm not going to lie to you - I deal with that temptation every single day, many times.

Richard Simmons

#15. Blessings come into the areas of a person's life, where he is absolutely obedient to God.

Sunday Adelaja