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title: "4 Arbitrary Quotes By Moby"
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> ['Arbitrary' and 'odd' are the words which best describe the pattern of my career. I'm perpetually baffled by the whole thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/arbitrary-and-odd-are-the-words-which-best-describe-the-pattern-of-my/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/moby-549_arbitrary_arbitrary-and-odd-are-the-words-which-be_556888.png)

> [I learned in the last few years that it's really unhappy and really unsustainable to try and base your well being on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/i-learned-in-the-last-few-years-that-it-s-really-unhappy-and-really/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/moby-549_acclaim_i-learned-in-the-last-few-years-that-it_1680043.jpg)

> [One of the reasons why fundamentalists are so aggressive in trying to promote fundamentalism is because deep down they know it's arbitrary.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/one-of-the-reasons-why-fundamentalists-are-so-aggressive-in-trying-to/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fd/moby-549_aggressive_one-of-the-reasons-why-fundamentalists-a_1767570.png)

> [I’ve never seen the need to choose one type of music at the exclusion of another. That would feel kind of sad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/i-ve-never-seen-the-need-to-choose-one-type-of-music-at-the-exclusion/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c74/moby-549_arbitrary_i-ve-never-seen-the-need-to-choose-one-t_2446563.png)

## More by Moby

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/if-nirvana-had-remained-a-small-underground-punk-rock-band-kurt/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

> [A great song is a great song, whether it's on vinyl or CD or cassette or reel to reel or mp3. Then again, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/a-great-song-is-a-great-song-whether-it-s-on-vinyl-or-cd-or-cassette/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

> [When I dj at big venues I try to play tracks that I would want to hear if I were e'd up in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/when-i-dj-at-big-venues-i-try-to-play-tracks-that-i-would-want-to/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

> [The good thing about not being drop-dead gorgeous is that as time passes, I don't have much to worry about. I have friends who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/the-good-thing-about-not-being-drop-dead-gorgeous-is-that-as-time/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

> [When you look at the consequences of climate change, at rainforest deforestation, at antibiotic resistance, these are not necessarily political issues, but rather issues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/when-you-look-at-the-consequences-of-climate-change-at-rainforest/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

> [What I love about making albums in the 21st century is that so few people buy albums! I can make an album without any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/what-i-love-about-making-albums-in-the-21st-century-is-that-so-few/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

> [Factory-farm lobbyists are so powerful and so well funded and they do everything in their power to hide the truth about farming. They keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/factory-farm-lobbyists-are-so-powerful-and-so-well-funded-and-they-do/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

> [What makes me feel old is having no hair on the top of my head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/what-makes-me-feel-old-is-having-no-hair-on-the-top-of-my-head/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

> [Up until I started working with him, I had thought that music was a nice thing that I enjoyed and liked making, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/up-until-i-started-working-with-him-i-had-thought-that-music-was-a/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

> [I'm obsessed with politics, and I talk about it any chance I can get. I have strong opinions about how the world should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/i-m-obsessed-with-politics-and-i-talk-about-it-any-chance-i-can-get-i/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

> [As I wake its kaleidoscopic mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/as-i-wake-its-kaleidoscopic-mind/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

> [Even love is goin' 'round. You can't ignore what is goin' 'round](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/even-love-is-goin-round-you-can-t-ignore-what-is-goin-round/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

> [“I had an epiphany a few years ago when I was out at a celebrity party and it suddenly dawned on me that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/i-had-an-epiphany-a-few-years-ago-when-i-was-out-at-a-celebrity-party/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

> [I see 'Ahab's Wife' as offering an alternative vision to](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/i-see-ahab-s-wife-as-offering-an-alternative-vision-to/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

> [I think that, for a lot of us, the closer we get to showing people who we really are, that's where we feel the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/i-think-that-for-a-lot-of-us-the-closer-we-get-to-showing-people-who/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

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