Moby Quotes

I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else.

To be honest, I'm selfish as an artist. I'm doing what I want to do and what I want to hear.

I had to learn to do stuff only for myself, and stop thinking about pleasing some imaginary client or boss. It's a habit that many artists get into that have worked in commercial ventures.

Our true passions are selfish.

I think you have to create your own stuff so I'm working on stuff for myself right now.

I had friends growing up; there were other home-schoolers we were in touch with so we weren't isolated, and I've always been happy engaged in my own projects and pursuing my own goals.

When you're in the car, how well you do is down to you and you alone-no band, no management, no marketing.

I do this for the sake of myself. It's a selfish process. I don't really have any expectations from anyone for your comments or your reviews or your previews.

The ultimate thing is creating your own stuff and making projects for yourself. That's what Seth Rogen does. He's writing and producing a lot of the movies that he's the lead in.

I do love being solo because I can have more of my own creative input to every aspect of my career.

I'm very selfish in that I make music for myself, not for other people; I kind of only think about other people afterwards when it's out.

I just make music that I love. I'm kind of selfish when I make music. I'm like, 'Do I like this?'

We're into an age of excessive individuals, all right. We're into the age were independence, autonomy, convenience, sometimes selfishness. The new trinity of me, myself and I, seems to dominate. We know that's contrary to the very nature of the human person. The very nature of the human person needs God and needs other people.

And I love doing my own projects; that's what I've always wanted to do.

I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it to provide for their welfare, you're not beholden to anyone.

Studying music in a conservatory would be stifling for me, although I respect people who can do it. And by no means am I an expert at notating music or music theory - that's not really my world.

I'm so independent in writing stuff and controlling what I do. Sometimes I get calls from people asking to be in their movie, but I'm always writing or editing, and I can never get around to doing it. I'm so much more interested in my own stuff. I think I drive my agent crazy.

The black shadow cares for itself, not for you.

But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals.

I like to choose my own way forward. I really do want to create something that I personally like a lot.

I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.

I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own.

The deeper I get into my life as a musician, I'm discovering that it becomes less and less about other people, and more about what I want to do. And that's a good place to be.

I started to make my own films, however small and however independent they were, from the beginning. And so, even though I was nobody, I was always the master of my own work.

I don't make decisions for money or popularity. I do things because they're right for me, and they're interesting and challenging.