K-Girl Quotes

I feel like there's always something to prove.

When I'm performing, this is what everything builds up to, and everything has allowed me to be here.

That's something I've always been down with: creative commons and people being able to license their music and allow other people to reuse it and recycle it.

The music is in no way politically based - I'm not trying to make a point about sampling. It may bring up issues but I'm not trying to push it on anyone.

I want the material I make to be mine; that's always the goal of the record and of the show.

It's hard to play a laptop in the midst of band and have people want to buy your t-shirts and CD's.

It's weird for me when someone asks me to do a remix as Girl Talk and not use samples.

Sharing information, art, music, and everything on the internet now has become a part of everyone's lives.

I wanted to make experimental music out of pop.

It's rare when I feel like I can extract a lyrical message out of combining two things together.

I think there's always room to grow.

I listen to music constantly, and I'm always hearing things I love that I'm excited to use.

My dad's been one of those dads who loves showing newspaper articles to the neighbors.

It's hard enough to get things to work in a musical way.

I'm most excited about going swimming and riding water slides, shooting off fireworks, and playing basketball, and things like that. That's what I really love doing. Summer is a great time.

I am always excited for gaps of time where I can actually hang out with my friends.

I always like the people who keep moving forward, but kind of stay in their own lane.

Something that distinguishes my solo work from normal rap production is that it has a lot of melody - it's not just cutting up a song and having someone rap over it.

I do have some weeks coming up in the summer where I will actually be in my house, and I love working on new music and all of that.

My music should fall under fair use because it's transformative, it's becoming its own entity, and it's not negatively impacting anyone's sales.

The primary goal isn't a financial gain; it's to put out interesting music.

I think collaborating with a DJ could be interesting musically and it's something that I'd like to get into down the road, but I think on the live show tip I'm sticking to my guns for right now.

The point has always been to make music, it's not like I've always been running a giant money making scheme.

A lot of times people have issues with me because they don't understand where I'm coming from and haven't seen the years and years of hard work and shows I've played.

I can't wait to wake up in the morning and listen to music in order to try to find something to work with.

It's easy to hate on things that are close to your world that aren't exactly what you're doing.

Anytime there is any lyrical meaning or combination in my mixes, it's very blatant. I'm not trying to make any statement or anything like that.

I want to make something that's fun to listen to but still challenging and unique.

People can judge me on whatever level they think but I've always tried to make my own songs.

When someone is buying a sample-based album, they are investing in the concept of that album. If they really like the original source material, they can go buy it.

I always like to borrow bits and pieces of things. There's a line between jumping on something that's happening and incorporating bits and pieces of it into my work.

I think we're approaching an era where there's a consistent dialogue going on between artists and consumers. And I think that's going to be part of the solution to actually selling music.

I like to use recognizable songs, but other than that, this song would be perfect.

A lot of times when I say I didn't do anything I was actually in Miami doing a show.

The point of making records for me isn't to hear 300 songs in 50 minutes; it's to hear the 50-minute piece of music.

I didn't change much in terms of my setup or how I was making my music. It's evolved to this point where I think people look at it as one big traveling party.

I have my small little cult following, I play random shows from house parties to opening up for rock bands.

I think it's an interesting thing to have to produce an album that you'll want to listen to for 50 minutes.

I typically get around to most major cities at least once a year. I think people see that as their chance to go nuts for the year if they're into the style of music.

I guess people naturally try to find meaning in music.

A lot of people aren't aware of the years and years of humiliation and horrible shows I've played.

I was a jaded high schooler, I was still into pop music, though not as sincerely as I am now. It was more tongue-in-cheek back then.

I can't edit live as meticulously as I can for an album.

I wasn't trying to make a following. I was just trying to make interesting music. That's not being modest, that's just being realistic.

I love getting out there and traveling and doing shows and all of that. But when I can be home, it's a special time.

You can write very obtuse and abstract lyrics, and if they want to, people are going to find something amazing that you're saying.

I've been dedicating my life to doing remixes and sample based music. Whether you're into it or not I'm going to continue to pump it out.

I've been cataloguing samples for years, I have this massive library. Songs come out everyday so it's never ending.

In the past, hearing music had more value.

I make a living off of playing shows; the albums only make me a fraction of what I make off of shows, especially since I'm doing around 100 shows a year.