Moby Quotes

I've been trying to challenge myself to be more explicit. I've always liked punk rock and Sonic Youth. I make that music privately, but I've never released it.

My second record I used a producer, which was frustrating in a way, because I think a lot of the punky spirit and provocative nature of the lyrics didn't come across - the music was pretty.

Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.

I made 'Epicloud' for the people that have listened to what I've done because I really think that this style of music fits well into my personal daily life and hopefully others.

I'm not an '80s fan. I'm more '70s New York pre-punk kind of thing, and I guess I grew up with '90s grunge, post-punk pop music.

Now I listen to all kinds of music except rap, which all sounds the same to me.

You will in the future hear me on a pop album, but that's just the experimental side of me.

I've only had one platinum album, and it's 'Red River Blue'.

I love Mariah Carey. Remember the breakdown? I loved the breakdown.

The only thing that exists to me is commercial pop music.

I am a lover of all sorts of different music. I love blues and every piece of music that I have listened to has become an influence.

The Goth character was a difficult thing to get my head round. I'm not really a fan of Goth music. I'm more a piano and guitar man - that's what I love.

I don't think 'Sugar Man' is a music doc any more than 'The Social Network' is about computers. It just happens to have the best soundtrack ever.

Every time I tried writing my own songs, they would come out very country. I couldn't fight it, and the more I listened to country music, the more I loved it, and it just became very natural.

I think there were early critics who wanted us to change the world because the Sex Pistols failed.

People would be surprised at how much of an electronic dude I am, and I like new wave, post-punk and proto-punk stuff.

I started to work up in my old bedroom, playing, writing songs, and it somehow came to me that I could introduce soul music. Nobody seemed to be doing that.

I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do.

'Yeezus,' I really love it. I think the sound of it is cool.

I just consider myself an artist. I don't really rap. I don't really sing. I just do what I feel is good, and people like it.

I'm nowhere with country music. I don't hear much of it, so I shouldn't venture an opinion, but when it finds me, it seems formulaic.

I always wanted to make an album, but I knew that I didn't want it to be a musical theater album. It's not that I don't love them - I own every musical theater album ever made - but it just didn't seem right for me.

You always hope for the best when you put something out and try to make the best music you can make, but you can't control what happens after that.

I think it had something to do with my love of music, especially rock music.

Looking back on the production of 'Nevermind,' I'm embarrassed by it now. It's closer to a Motley Crue record than it is a punk rock record.