Moby Quotes

My music is designed to make a club go insane when it goes on.

Holland was one of the first countries to adopt dance music into their culture, and we were the first ones to have really big raves. I grew up in that atmosphere in the early 1990s, and I was very interested in how dance music was made.

I have a very lively and colourful show. It's two hours of hits and the music speaks for itself.

When I had my first gig, I was 18 in January in 2007. My first gig that I got paid, I was playing for 10 people in a 250 people capacity venue. The promoter wanted to book me because he liked my music. I played a couple of songs that made people dance. To me, that rush has always stayed the same.

I scientifically engineer my music to be as accessible as possible.

Since I was a child, I always loved music that made me want to dance. As a teenager, I used to dance the night away to electronic music.

The best pop music is the songs that a group of people can dance to, but you can also listen to in your bed and cry. That's something obviously that The Beatles started and... so having that darkness there opens another door.

New York feels like the whole city is into dance music. That's not how it felt when I was younger. There was more of a hipster scene.

I love electronic music, and I love drum and bass.

As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of making music is to get it heard by as many people as possible.

I want my music to jump off the stage and out of the speakers. When we do 'Rain Is A Good Thing' paired back to back with 'Country Girl,' it just feels like the roof is fixin' to come off the place.

I expect the audience to come up to my level. I am not interested in compromising my music to make it palatable to an assumed sub-standard mass.

Obviously there is stuff that I wouldn't play in a club that I play at festivals, and vice-versa, but my sets are still dominated largely by my own music. I think that's what makes me stand out a bit. My music is also festival- and club-friendly, so it generally works out well.

Any club is important. All Latin music movements are born in clubs. There is no better research than going to a club. If your music works, it will bounce up.

When I used to play nightclubs, you had to play Top 40 or favorite oldies that maybe people could relate to.

I am associated with techno epics.

Electronic music has definitely taken over America. There is more and more interaction with hip hop.

Trance is a very emotional and uplifting form of dance music. It appeals to many people in this way having such a strong connection with emotions. It makes people happy and ready to party.

Whenever you play dance music, it serves a function. It becomes a utility; you have to worry about the tempos and what you're going to play for people. But when you're playing for listening, you're free.

Rock and roll is a contact sport. I enjoy playing the tunes that really get the people going.

Dance music is like a virus: it has affected so many different genres.

Playing someone drum 'n' bass for the first time in 'Pass Out' - they're like, 'Oh my God, what is this?' I'm having a lot of fun and a good time showcasing the music.

Half the time I feel like I'm appealing to the downer freaks out there. We start to play one downer record after another until I begin to get down myself. Give me something from 1960 or something; let me get up again. The music of today is for downer freaks, and I'm an upper.

What I'm making music for now is more similar to what I was doing in the beginning. In those days it was all about doing music so when people heard it in a club it would take their minds of their worries. I got more artistic but now I've gone back to basics.

A lot of my music that I like puts energy in your body or makes you want to dance or break something or just go mosh or jump around.