Danger Mouse Quotes
If you know what kind of music somebody loves, then you can kind of figure out why they do what they do.
No matter how naturally gifted you are, it's your passion that's going to make you better and maybe touch some people.
I've had nightmares about having to kick people out of my band because they've said that they don't like the Beatles. I'd wake up and turn to them and say, "You like the Beatles, right?"
Even with artists I love, only about a third of their music is what really hits the sweet spot for me.
Going back and forth between wanting to be respected artistically and wanting to move people is its own challenge.
What affected me the most about the Beatles was that they were the biggest band in the world and they could have done anything they wanted.
The musicians themselves don't seem to know enough about why they're in the positions they're in, so they're afraid to lose those positions.
I have no shame in making music that maybe, if you listen to it long enough, you'll realize you've heard this or that part of it before.
A big part of making an album is that you want to have enough material - you want to have enough stuff for people to hear and know that it represents you.
I find that the kinds of music I’m drawn to are those that a lot of people take for granted.
I have ideas all of the time from the beginning, but they never really wind up turning out like I thought they would.
If you're wandering the streets, talking in gibberish, nobody ever asks you to change anything about your art because there's no context for people to look at what you do.
I started out really making music in my dorm room, and it wasnt really producing or anything like that; it was you making something.
When I dont have a good time making music, I think of quitting a lot. I really do. I can create something else. Ill do something else.
I was thinking that people have to believe you're crazy in order to take you seriously as an artist.
In the end, I think musicians know that getting up in the morning and making music you love doesn't necessarily mean that you deserve billions of dollars or worship from anybody.