Dustyn Astbury Quotes

#1. I've tended to lean more toward the Dalai Lama and people like Russell Means who have been my political and spiritual North Stars, but I certainly regard Nelson Mandela with great respect and humility. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#2. I always played soccer in Adidas, but I always wore Nikes. I love street sportswear. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#3. Chris Martin is more of a musician and hasn't really put himself out there as a television host or anything like that. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#4. Hollywood has this incredible ability to make a lot of noise. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#5. I think there's a lot of people who are afraid to experiment with clothing because they're afraid to get judged or ridiculed. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#6. There's always music sitting around, but when you're cultivating music, the idea of getting into a studio and compressing it to get something out on time can be really good. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#7. I admire Chris Martin. Coldplay have made some wonderful records for the genre they're involved in, but I would consider them to be more of a pop act. The music is much more cerebral than it is animalistic. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#8. Usually when I see Matthew [McConaughey] at a show, he'll be down in front with his shirt off with two beers just going mental, lit up and having an amazing time. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#9. I'm much more for style and not trend-driven. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#10. I much prefer being in the studio or on stage and staying out of the mainstream really. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#11. Don't let anyone dictate what you should and shouldn't wear. Do what you want. Who cares? #Quote by Ian Astbury

#12. It's not about mainstream global domination. I make clothes that I can't find. I made a few pieces and Lupe Fiasco bought a pair of trousers I'd made, and a few other artists picked some up. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#13. You come out of a working-class environment, you know, working-class kids always put them themselves together because it's one of the only things they had. You had control of your image. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#14. Pauling was shocked by the freedom with which the X-ray crystallographers of the time, including particularly Astbury, played with the intimate chemical structure of their models. They seemed to think that if the atoms were arranged in the right order and about the right distance apart, that was all that mattered, that no further restrictions need to be put on them. #Quote by J. D. Bernal

#15. That's a real sign of the times - can you imagine Nick Cave wearing a hoodie? He may not wear one, but he definitely sells them. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#16. Jay Z in many ways is a rock artist. In the sense that they've used hard rock, punk rock, psychedelic rock aesthetics and influences in their music. When you see Kanye West, he has a full band playing. Jay Z has a full band playing with Marshalls. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#17. I grew up on North American sports teams as well as English soccer clubs. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#18. I had a great conversation with Trent Reznor. Trent said, "I'd have a sixpack, too, if I didn't write my own music!" #Quote by Ian Astbury

#19. I don't objectify myself. I hate looking at pictures of myself, they're usually awful. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#20. Hoodies are definitely street wear, no doubt. It's amazing how hoodies have become such an important staple in people's wardrobes. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#21. We never considered ourselves part of the goth thing. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#22. The term "rock" has, unfortunately, become appropriated by four-year-old girls and accountants. An accountant does something amazingly well on the stock exchange and his buddies high-five him: He's a rock star! A four-year-old girl learned to ride a bicycle: She's a rock star! #Quote by Ian Astbury

#23. We are at the dawn of a new era, the era of 'molecular biology' as I like to call it, and there is an urgency about the need for more intensive application of physics and chemistry, and specially of structure analysis, that is still not sufficiently appreciated. #Quote by William Astbury

#24. I've seen people wearing clothes that don't look good on them, but they're really loving those clothes and the experience of wearing those clothes. Fine. At the end of the day, it's fashion. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#25. I celebrate the spirit of Christmas. It's the winter solstice celebration, rebirth and new possibilities. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#26. I think the thing that would interest me would be to appear in a period piece where you'd get to dress in an elaborate costume and say nothing but just look fabulous and have a fancy role. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#27. There have been times in my life where I was asked to do things and I didn't feel comfortable with it. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#28. I'm not really caught up in the whole commercial thing of Christmas. I'm probably more of a pagan than a Christian, but it's hard not to get caught up in it. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#29. If you want to go put on a bathrobe and go walk down the street, excellent. I think it's more about trying to get an individual style than trying to get a uniform look. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#30. I do know that there is a difference between artists who are career-driven and artists who have a calling and are just compelled to make music, compelled to perform live, and the business isn't the reason they're doing it. In fact, there isn't really a reason. You just do it. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#31. You get paid and you get venerated and worshipped for pretending to be somebody else. #Quote by Ian Astbury

#32. Your Ideas Are Your Biggest Assets Although #Quote by Dustyn Roberts

#33. Peace on earth and good will toward men - that is something we need to work on. Like Nelson Mandela, we should learn from him. #Quote by Ian Astbury