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> [We've turned down multi million dollar films, simply because we liked the film better. We have the luxury to do so - we have projects that make the money, and others that we do for love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mothersbaugh/we-ve-turned-down-multi-million-dollar-films-simply-because-we-liked/)

[Mark Mothersbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mothersbaugh/)

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## More by Mark Mothersbaugh

> [Rebellion is obsolete - change things from the inside working out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mothersbaugh/rebellion-is-obsolete-change-things-from-the-inside-working-out/)

[Mark Mothersbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mothersbaugh/)

> [I think somewhere around high school, your brain starts to gel, to harden. Before that, there’s this time where anything is possible and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mothersbaugh/i-think-somewhere-around-high-school-your-brain-starts-to-gel-to/)

[Mark Mothersbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mothersbaugh/)

> [Choose your mutations carefully...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mothersbaugh/choose-your-mutations-carefully/)

[Mark Mothersbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mothersbaugh/)

> [With vinyl you had twenty-two minutes per side. CDs came along, and you had sixty, seventy, eighty minutes and people felt like they had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mothersbaugh/with-vinyl-you-had-twenty-two-minutes-per-side-cds-came-along-and-you/)

[Mark Mothersbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mothersbaugh/)

> [Right now I just finished writing the music for a Rugrats feature film and the third week of September I go to London, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mothersbaugh/right-now-i-just-finished-writing-the-music-for-a-rugrats-feature/)

[Mark Mothersbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mothersbaugh/)

> [I write all the time. I do artwork that's part of a diary, and I write short stories to go with them pretty much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mothersbaugh/i-write-all-the-time-i-do-artwork-that-s-part-of-a-diary-and-i-write/)

[Mark Mothersbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mothersbaugh/)

> [What makes games so exciting is that's a whole other- there's all sorts of other considerations on what music is supposed to achieve and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mothersbaugh/what-makes-games-so-exciting-is-that-s-a-whole-other-there-s-all/)

[Mark Mothersbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mothersbaugh/)

> [When I was a kid, I would go to the record store, where there was a bin of things they didn't know quite how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mothersbaugh/when-i-was-a-kid-i-would-go-to-the-record-store-where-there-was-a-bin/)

[Mark Mothersbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mothersbaugh/)

> [I was lucky enough to get to perform on stage in front of 20 million people on TV, and 150 thousand in concerts. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mothersbaugh/i-was-lucky-enough-to-get-to-perform-on-stage-in-front-of-20-million/)

[Mark Mothersbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mothersbaugh/)

> [I really appreciate anyone trying to inject art into mainstream film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mothersbaugh/i-really-appreciate-anyone-trying-to-inject-art-into-mainstream-film/)

[Mark Mothersbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mothersbaugh/)

> [With MTV in the '80s, you made your album but then you needed to use any money you made to create a video -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mothersbaugh/with-mtv-in-the-80s-you-made-your-album-but-then-you-needed-to-use/)

[Mark Mothersbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mothersbaugh/)

> [Personally Im very happy to be behind the scenes. I like collaboration, I like working with directors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mothersbaugh/personally-im-very-happy-to-be-behind-the-scenes-i-like-collaboration/)

[Mark Mothersbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mothersbaugh/)

> [I've worked with a lot of directors, some of them you wouldn't really attach the word 'artist' to their name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mothersbaugh/i-ve-worked-with-a-lot-of-directors-some-of-them-you-wouldn-t-really/)

[Mark Mothersbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mothersbaugh/)

> [When I'm writing a theme song for a TV show I always think, "What would be Pavlovian where a kid would be in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mothersbaugh/when-i-m-writing-a-theme-song-for-a-tv-show-i-always-think-what-would/)

[Mark Mothersbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mothersbaugh/)

> [This is the fourth movie that I've done with this set of director-writers and I've learned to trust them at this point, because actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mothersbaugh/this-is-the-fourth-movie-that-i-ve-done-with-this-set-of-director/)

[Mark Mothersbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mothersbaugh/)

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