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" The truth is that genetics has robbed me of hair. But it's not interesting to blame genetics. "
Moby
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" I think the word 'blog' is an ugly word. I just don't know why people can't use the word 'journal.' "
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" The only sort of descriptive adjective or catch phrase for my music would be 'eclectic.' "
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Only
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Catch
" I've worked with all sorts of random people - everybody from Metallica to Britney Spears to Ozzy Osbourne to Michael Jackson to the Beastie Boys. I've got a really strange CV. It's interesting - I work with a lot of these disparate, different people to learn what it's like to work with random people. "
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" Shaving your head is acceptable. It's when you start wearing toupees and brushing your hair over that things go wrong. "
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Over
Head
" One of the reasons why fundamentalists are so aggressive in trying to promote fundamentalism is because deep down they know it's arbitrary. If you're comfortable with your belief you don't need to convince other people to agree with you. "
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" The strange thing about hotel rooms is that they look familiar and seem familiar and have many of the accoutrements that seem domestic and familiar, but they are really weird, alien and anonymous places. "
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" I love the idea of making records that people can use, records that have a sense of utility. "
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" You can sit down with Reason or Ableton and literally in a couple of hours make a very good-sounding record. But then a lot of people become contented with that, rather than pushing themselves to making something that sounds great. "
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" When I was in my twenties, I thought I was bulletproof. "
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Bulletproof
Thought
Twenties
" There's a fairly extensive network of musicians on tour who are all trying to stay sober, and we generally reach out to each other and offer support when and where we can. "
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Reach
Trying
Support
" Have I dated a supermodel? Of course not. I'd look ridiculous. "
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Course
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Ridiculous
" You know, if you love something, you should love it regardless of whether it costs five dollars or 500 or 5,000 dollars. Unfortunately, that's not the way our culture works, and we do collectively buy into this idea that things that are more expensive probably have more value. "
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" When playing big festivals, I tend to play big, over the top techno tracks, like hands in the air songs that make sense being played in front of 30,000 people. I steer away from subtlety in the interests of big bombastic dance music. "
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People
Music
" When I say, 'I love Christ and love the teachings of Christ,' I mean that in the most simple and naive way. I'm not saying I'm right. "
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Right
Love
Way
" Personally I find the democratic chaos of the Internet fascinating, and for the most part really benign. "
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Most
Chaos
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" There is a lot of music in the world that I love that does not always get the appropriate exposure. "
Moby
Music
Love
World
" I've made records that everyone has hated and I've loved, and made records that everyone has loved and I've deemed, at best, mediocre. "
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Made
Loved
Everyone
" You could spend every waking moment online and still only experience one-trillionth of what's out there. I find that a little overwhelming. "
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Moment
Find
Experience
" 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. "
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Music
Great
Chaos
" Without David Bowie, popular music as we know it pretty much wouldn't exist. "
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Pretty
Music
Much
" No one drives in Manhattan - in fact, many of the folks who live in Manhattan don't even have driving licenses! "
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Fact
Many
Who
" One of the nice things about licensing music to movies or advertisements is you can reach a lot of people who normally wouldn't hear music. "
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Music
You
Movies
" Sacha Baron Cohen is one of my heroes. "
Moby
Heroes
" I'm a terrible cook, so I usually eat out with friends. "
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Out
Cook
Eat
" For me to speak out against the war in Iraq, you know - most of my fans are lefties anyway, so I don't really get much flack for it. "
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Know
Fans
War
" There are a lot of great animal rights organizations who save dogs and save cats, but the Humane Society is actually really good at working with Congress and getting legislation actually passed. "
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Society
Great
Good
" Punishing people for listening to music is exactly the wrong way to protect the music business. "
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Way
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" When public figures think they can open a business even though they've got no business experience, it's a bad idea. "
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Experience
Open
Business
" What fascinates me about addiction and obsessive behavior is that people would choose an altered state of consciousness that's toxic and ostensibly destroys most aspects of your normal life, because for a brief moment you feel okay. "
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Life
" If someone is cynical and doesn't vote and ends up with a crummy job in a crummy country with a decimated environment, they only have themselves to blame. "
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Job
Environment
Country