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" I thought that my life would be spent working in a bookstore, teaching community college, and making music in my spare time that no one would be willing to listen to. "

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" I have actually found myself buying up more and more old analogue gear. I have this strange obsession with old drum machines. "

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" Whereas for me, touring tends to be a very strange and isolating experience. "

" A lot of people do talk about the demise of the album, but I still believe that if an artist tries hard to make a great album, people will buy it and listen to it as an album, rather than just a collection of random songs. "

" Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach. "

" When I do have time to work on music, I'm kind of selfish, and would rather work on my own stuff than someone else's. "

" I don't think there's anything wrong with not knowing how to play an instrument, but the rise of the non-musical producer has done away with musicianship and focused attention purely on the song's hook. "

" David Lynch is my friend, and I love his movies and his art and his music. Few things make me happier than working with him. "

" It seems so antithetical to the teachings of Christ to proclaim your faith in public. I mean, of course you're not supposed to hide your light under a bushel. "

" The truth is that genetics has robbed me of hair. But it's not interesting to blame genetics. "

" What sounds good on the radio is really loud kick drums and loud snare drums, when everything's bombastic and in your face. It's the equivalent of a houseguest who screams all the time. "

" When public figures think they can open a business even though they've got no business experience, it's a bad idea. "

" Punishing people for listening to music is exactly the wrong way to protect the music business. "

" You could spend every waking moment online and still only experience one-trillionth of what's out there. I find that a little overwhelming. "

" When I was growing up, I was the most pretentious person I have ever met. I only read obscure books and watched obscure movies and only listened to obscure music. "

" I walk out my front door in New York and I'm out on the street and there are people everywhere. L.A. is so much more spread out, so it's really easy in L.A. to have a little more isolation and to just not see as many people. "

" I'd much rather go out and have music randomly presented to me by different DJs than stay home and discover it on my own. "

Moby

Home

Own

" There is a lot of music in the world that I love that does not always get the appropriate exposure. "

" A lot of times good, pristine recordings prevent the listener from getting emotionally involved in the music. "

" I love the fact that no one's ever bought my record because they were enamoured of the way I look. Maybe one person. There must be someone out there with compromised taste. "

" I've never seen 'Friends;' I've never seen 'Seinfeld.' I've heard people reference these things but I've never seen them. "

" I feel like once the song is done, you put it out there and if people want to do bizarre remixes, if people want to make strange videos, great. You know, like chaos theory applied to the music business. "

" I buy things with the best of intention of living in them and then life intercedes. "

" I love the idea of making records that people can use, records that have a sense of utility. "

" Being a vegan is pretty easy these days, as almost every town and city has health food stores and vegetarian-friendly restaurants. "

" The progressive movement needs more crazy and amoral/immoral right-wing politicians and pundits like Tom DeLay and Newt Gingrich and Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity. "

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" The only sort of descriptive adjective or catch phrase for my music would be 'eclectic.' "

" Mainly I'm a vegan because I like animals, and I don't want to be involved in their suffering. Also, it's better for my health and for the environment. "

" I need an audience way more than an audience needs me. "

" If Nirvana had remained a small, underground punk rock band, Kurt Cobain would still be alive. And he'd probably be living in Seattle, getting kind of fat and balding, be relatively happy and producing records for other people. "