--- title: "3 Depressing Quotes By Moby" description: "3 Depressing quotes by Moby. Plus more from Moby and more Depressing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/moby-549_1990s_as-music-became-more-profitable-in-the-1_523483.png" --- > [As music became more profitable in the 1990s, it seemed like it attracted a lot of people who were just interested in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/as-music-became-more-profitable-in-the-1990s-it-seemed-like-it/) [Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/moby-549_1990s_as-music-became-more-profitable-in-the-1_523483.png) > [When you say 'failure,' that seems really dramatic, but a lot of failure is just really depressing and mundane. I remember the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/when-you-say-failure-that-seems-really-dramatic-but-a-lot-of-failure/) [Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f77/moby-549_bigs_when-you-say-failure-that-seems-really-d_629573.png) > [In 1992 I was doing one of my first ever tours and I was in Heathrow airport and I saw these middle-aged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/in-1992-i-was-doing-one-of-my-first-ever-tours-and-i-was-in-heathrow/) [Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e94/moby-549_adolescence_in-1992-i-was-doing-one-of-my-first-ever_866362.jpg) ## Other authors on Depressing - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-sangfroid-stalker-1340.jpg) SangFroid Stalker 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depressing/sangfroid-stalker/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gary-lucas-37002.jpg) April Guadalupee 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depressing/april-guadalupee/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depressing/oscar-wilde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-woody-allen-96336.jpg) Woody Allen 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depressing/woody-allen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-roger-ebert-80683.jpg) Roger Ebert 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depressing/roger-ebert/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depressing/rick-riordan/) - [Blondie 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depressing/blondie/) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depressing/moby/#itemlist", "name": "3 Depressing Quotes By Moby", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As music became more profitable in the 1990s, it seemed like it attracted a lot of people who were just interested in the financial aspect of it, which is depressing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Moby" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/as-music-became-more-profitable-in-the-1990s-it-seemed-like-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/moby-549_1990s_as-music-became-more-profitable-in-the-1_523483.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/moby-549_1990s_as-music-became-more-profitable-in-the-1_523483.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/moby-549_1990s_as-music-became-more-profitable-in-the-1_523483.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As music became more profitable in the 1990s, it seemed like it attracted a lot of people who were just…” — Moby", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you say 'failure,' that seems really dramatic, but a lot of failure is just really depressing and mundane. 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