Peter Gabriel citations

Peter Brian Gabriel est un auteur-compositeur-interprète, musicien et producteur de disques britannique, né le 13 février 1950 à Chobham dans le Surrey.

Il a d'abord connu la célébrité en tant que chanteur et principal auteur-compositeur du groupe rock progressif Genesis, mais il a eu ensuite une longue et prolifique carrière solo couronnée de succès après son départ du groupe en 1975, laissant la place de chanteur au batteur Phil Collins. Étant en avance sur son époque, il sera l'un des premiers à inclure le genre world music dans ses propres compositions, et en deviendra l'un des pionniers.

Il est également un producteur de disques par le biais de son label Real World et, occasionnellement, acteur, jouant dans le film à sketches New York Stories en 1989 ainsi que dans certaines séries télévisées. Il est, depuis de nombreuses années, impliqué dans différentes associations humanitaires.

Le magazine Time le consacre comme « l'une des 100 personnes les plus influentes de la planète » en 2008. Il est aussi membre d'honneur du Club de Budapest. Depuis le début de sa carrière solo, il a vendu plus de 35 millions de disques à travers le monde.

✵ 13. février 1950
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Peter Gabriel: 57 citations0 J'aime

Peter Gabriel Citations

“Jeux sans frontieres”

Peter Gabriel

Song lyrics, Peter Gabriel (III) (1980)

Peter Gabriel: Citations en anglais

“Rest your head.
You worry too much.
It's going to be alright.
When times get rough,
You can fall back on us.”

Peter Gabriel

Song lyrics, So (1986)
Contexte: Rest your head.
You worry too much.
It's going to be alright.
When times get rough,
You can fall back on us.
Don't give up;
Please don't give up.

“The Man with the Child in His Eyes is still one of those things, which right from the get-go … has its own life, because it's just a great song.”

Peter Gabriel

The Kate Bush Story (2014)
Contexte: The Man with the Child in His Eyes is still one of those things, which right from the get-go … has its own life, because it's just a great song. … For all the time that she or I or anyone spend decorating and creating moods, its actually the key element of what your saying, the melody and the chords which still speak louder than all the stuff around, on a great song.

“I come to you defenses down,
With the trust of a child.”

Peter Gabriel

Red Rain
Song lyrics, So (1986)
Contexte: Red rain-
Putting the pressure on much harder now
To return again and again.
Just let the red rain splash you,
Let the rain fall on your skin.
I come to you defenses down,
With the trust of a child.

“I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive.”

Peter Gabriel

In Your Eyes
Song lyrics, So (1986)
Contexte: I get so tired of working so hard for our survival
I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive.

“Love I get so lost, sometimes.
Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart.”

Peter Gabriel

In Your Eyes
Song lyrics, So (1986)
Contexte: Love I get so lost, sometimes.
Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart.
When I want to run away,
I drive off in my car.
But whichever way I go,
I come back to the place you are.

“I was taught to fight, taught to win;
I never thought I could fail.”

Peter Gabriel

Don't Give Up, Duet written by Gabriel, sung with Kate Bush
Song lyrics, So (1986)
Contexte: In this proud land we grew up strong;
We were wanted all along.
I was taught to fight, taught to win;
I never thought I could fail.No fight left or so it seems;
I am a man whose dreams have all deserted.
I've changed my face, I've changed my name,
But no one wants you when you lose.

“Creativity comes from the freedom to fail. And freedom to fail comes from experimentation, and that's what gives something its individuality.”

Peter Gabriel

On Kate Bush
The Kate Bush Story (2014)
Contexte: Creativity comes from the freedom to fail. And freedom to fail comes from experimentation, and that's what gives something its individuality. And, you know, I think her courage, which is the positive way of interpreting it, or bloody-mindedness, which is the negative, is part of what gives her real value as an artist.

“It’s only in uncertainty
That we’re naked and alive.”

Peter Gabriel

That Voice Again, written by Peter Gabriel and David Rhodes
Song lyrics, So (1986)
Contexte: I’m hearing right and wrong so clearly.
There must be more than this.
It’s only in uncertainty
That we’re naked and alive.

“We do what we're told,
Told to do.”

Peter Gabriel

We Do What We're Told
Song lyrics, So (1986)

“If looks could kill, they probably will
In games without frontiers — war without tears.”

Peter Gabriel

Games Without Frontiers
Song lyrics, Peter Gabriel (III) (1980)

“French for "Games without frontiers" (background vocals throughout the song, sung by Kate Bush)”

Peter Gabriel

Jeux sans frontieres
Games Without Frontiers
Song lyrics, Peter Gabriel (III) (1980)

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