Midge Ure Quotes

Midge Ure — Scottish Musician born on October 10, 1953,

James "Midge" Ure, OBE is a Scottish musician and singer-songwriter. His stage name, Midge, is a phonetic reversal of Jim, the diminutive form of his given name... (wikipedia)

So I concentrated on the rhythmic side of things, and therefore left a lot of holes. I didn't want to use big pad chords everywhere. All of the songs are built up of small melodies and counter melodies all played very rhythmically.

But the guitar is my favorite, first and foremost instrument.

You think that religion is a thing that is there to help you and to see you through life, and then you wake up one morning and find the entire Irish situation, the civil war that's based on religion.

In the music industry, you meet some not very nice people, some very strange characters.

I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with the music. Once I've done that, the lyrics come last.

Midge Ure Quotes

Midge Ure Quotes

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