Bryan Ferry Quotes

Bryan Ferry CBE is an English singer and songwriter. His voice has been described as an "elegant, seductive croon". He also established a distinctive image and sartorial style; according to The Independent, Ferry and his contemporary David Bowie influenced a generation with both their music and their appearance.

Ferry came to prominence as the lead vocalist and principal songwriter with the glam art rock band Roxy Music, achieving three number one albums and ten singles which reached the top ten in the UK between 1972 and 1982. Their singles included "Virginia Plain", "Street Life", "Love is the Drug", "Dance Away", "Angel Eyes", "Over You", "Oh Yeah", "Jealous Guy", "Avalon", and "More Than This". Ferry began his solo career in 1973. His solo hits included "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall", "Let's Stick Together" and "This Is Tomorrow". Ferry disbanded Roxy Music following the release of their best-selling album Avalon to concentrate on his solo career, releasing further singles such as "Slave to Love" and "Don't Stop the Dance". When his sales as a solo artist and as a member of Roxy Music are combined, Ferry has sold over 30 million albums worldwide.

As well as being a prolific songwriter himself, Ferry has recorded many cover versions of other artists' songs, including standards from the Great American Songbook, in albums such as These Foolish Things , Another Time, Another Place and As Time Goes By , as well as an album of Bob Dylan covers, Dylanesque .

✵ 26. September 1945
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Famous Bryan Ferry Quotes

“All those rappers, they're the only glamorous people working in music now. The rock bands are rather drab, even the good ones. You definitely don't want to look at them. But some of those R&B people are very good.”

Source: Roxy Music legend Bryan Ferry unwinds in Paris, Talia Soghomonian, December 2002 http://www.musicomh.com/music/features/bryan-ferry.htm,

“I like the name Atomic Kitten. It's so great.”

Source: http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2002/ferry2_int.asp, An interview with Bryan Ferry, nyrock, December 2002

“I don't think I've ever played the Olympia before, but I'm not totally sure.”

Source: An interview with Bryan Ferry, nyrock, December 2002 http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2002/ferry2_int.asp,

“People think I wake up in the morning and put on a tuxedo.”

Source: 'People think I wake up in the morning and put on a tuxedo': Bryan Ferry reveals the truth about his life and career, DailyMail.com, November 26, 2009 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1231233/People-think-I-wake-morning-tuxedo-Bryan-Ferry-reveals-truth-life-career.html,

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