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" I wanted to get into art. I did some neon stuff. I worked in, not computer-generated, but computer manipulation of pictures. "

Giorgio Moroder

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" In film, I was surprised when I first saw the movie 'Drive.' I said, 'Oh, God. It sounds great - I love it. Wow, this could be the soundtrack from 'American Gigolo' or 'Cat People.' But I'm surprised that the director would agree with a composer to write that kind of sound. "

Giorgio Moroder

" The disco sound, you must see, is not art or anything so serious. "

Giorgio Moroder

" I don't think there is too much art involved in what I do. "

Giorgio Moroder

" I am certainly not racist; I even like the British. "

Giorgio Moroder

" A producer is always behind the scenes, even more in the movies - nobody sees you. I didn't even meet most of the actors. When I worked on 'Top Gun,' I never met Tom Cruise. You were always in the background. "

Giorgio Moroder

" I listen to the group Disclosure; they have great sounds. Maybe not as adventurous as Skrillex. I think the key thing is to have those beautiful sounds... the amazing sounds of Skrillex are almost phenomenal. "

Giorgio Moroder

" I think it would be stupid for us to try and tell people who are dancing in a discotheque about the problems of the world. That is the very thing they have come away to avoid. "

Giorgio Moroder

" Phil Ramone is very special. Barbra Streisand or Diana Ross... they are the best. "

Giorgio Moroder

" Disco does work better with black artists or players. They just feel it more. "

Giorgio Moroder

" I like the sounds of EDM; the guys create new sounds, beautiful sounds. The melodies, it's a little less. I like the kind of melodies I did with Donna Summer, or 'Flashdance,' where you have a verse, a chorus - a song setup. "

Giorgio Moroder

" Once you free your mind about a concept of music and harmony being correct, you can do whatever you want. "

Giorgio Moroder

" In both pop and disco, the meaning of the lyrics is not too important. I have nothing I feel I particularly want to say. "

Giorgio Moroder

" I have to admit, I do not listen to much rock music. "

Giorgio Moroder

" I had an album out at exactly the same time as 'Love to Love You' called 'Einzelganger,' and it's great, all electronic. I'm using a vocoder, doing all this cut-up stuff on there, but no one knows about it. "

Giorgio Moroder

" I am much more happy doing what I know I can do than what I am not sure I could do. "

Giorgio Moroder

" One of the most interesting things, at least for me, are the soundtracks for 'The Social Network' and 'Drive.' Basically, it's what I did in 'American Gigolo.' I could have done the music for those movies blindfolded. And one of them won an Oscar, and the other is this massive soundtrack. "

Giorgio Moroder

" I had an idea for a technologically advanced luxury watch. I got involved in digital art and neon painting and put on shows of my work. "

Giorgio Moroder

" Even when disco went out, I could still make hits. Once I had so much success, every idea became concentrated. I had so much confidence. I knew how the bass should sound, what rhythms would work. The tempos I knew: 110 to 120 BPM. I knew they would dance in the clubs in New York or anywhere. "

Giorgio Moroder

" I am not so complicated or intelligent a composer, nor am I very interested in becoming so. I am much more happy doing what I know I can do than what I am not sure I could do. "

Giorgio Moroder

" Now, the DJ becomes a star in itself because of the way he programs the songs with lows and then highs and then slowing it down. The big DJs, like Tiesto and Deadmau5 and all those guys, they are very, very creative. "

Giorgio Moroder

" In pop or rock you can make a fast song or a slow one, but in disco there is really just the one rhythm. "

Giorgio Moroder

" I would not be happy to do what I do unless I felt that the large audience wanted it. "

Giorgio Moroder

" When I'm dead, somebody can write my biography. I wrote a national hymn, an anthem, which I don't want to present to that country. But I have a deal with my wife - when I'm dead, she should offer it, because then I'm safe. "

Giorgio Moroder

" My favorite would be 'Love to Love You' because from zero, I went to Number One. I don't think it's the best song - the best one is probably between 'Flashdance' and 'Take My Breath Away.' "

Giorgio Moroder

" Every business is there to make money, and making a record is business. This tends to be forgotten by many. "

Giorgio Moroder

" I achieved something specially different with Love To Love You Baby and I Feel Love. These songs will endure. "

Giorgio Moroder

" My music was typically continental - nothing like, say, The Beatles. "

Giorgio Moroder

" I was in Studio 54 one time; it was great. But I'm not a discotheque guy. Sometimes, if I had a new demo, I went to some discotheques to check it out - see how the reactions of the people were. But just to dance, I rarely did that. "

Giorgio Moroder

" I set a Google Alert for myself, and now I'm seeing people say my music influenced them and how great it is all the time. Sometimes I listen to this stuff that's supposed to be influenced by me, and I can't hear myself in it. But I'd rather they say it than not. "

Giorgio Moroder

" It is at least 10 times more difficult to get a good synthesiser sound than on an acoustic instrument. "

Giorgio Moroder