Mabel Quotes

My work is not a piece of writing designed to meet the taste of an immediate public, but was done to last for ever.

I don't want my music to be of its time; I want it to be timeless.

When I'm dead, I wanna leave a body of work, like authors or great painters do. I don't wanna get ideas above my station, but why shouldn't this be comparable? Pop music was supposed to be a flash in the pan, but here we are 50 years later, and it means something to us, and it always will do. It's incredibly important.

The leaders come and go, but the people remain. Only the people are immortal

A good song takes on more meaning as the years pass by.

I want to be somebody, a person, first that people remember, but also, I want music that I release to still be around. I don't want it to just be cool for a second and be gone.

I don't like ephemeral things; I like things that last forever

On great fields something stays.

A great song is one that is around even when I'm not.

If what you create does not outlive you, then you have failed.

Fashions fade, style is eternal.

I want to create a body of work that is entertaining and speaks to people for a long time. Longer than my life span.

I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow.

Audiences aren't going to get rid of me. One thing I can say, with absolute certainty, is that my shows will still be performed when I'm dead, buried and forgotten. They're going to absolutely outlive me, which is a wonderful thing to think about.

Let it endure forever

We've always prided ourselves on making a record that we want to feel proud of, ones that are hopefully timeless so they can be around for a long time.

The stuff that's good is the stuff that lives on.

In my case I want my films to be fresh even after a decade of watching it.

We're just not going anywhere. Our songs are here to stay.

Ultimately, what I want is for my songs to outlive me: I want my songs to keep being played even after I'm gone.

Our band Stereophonics never wanted to release a couple records and be the biggest band in the world for 10 minutes. We always wanted to stand the test of time, and make great music that people would want to listen to and that music lasts. We'd looked up to artists and bands that had big back catalogues.

I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.

Once you find what you like, it's like it worked yesterday, it works today, it'll work tomorrow.

Poems in a way are spells against death. They are milestones, to see where you were then from where you are now. To perpetuate your feelings, to establish them. If you have in any way touched the central heart of mankind's feelings, you'll survive.

My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that's actually happening.