One of the central flaws in the state of contemporary music is that the major record companies have failed to incorporate that… — Moby Copy Share Image
When I was very young, I played in a punk-rock band, but I also studied music theory and classical music. — Moby Copy Share Image
I know it's simple, but my main inspiration is just my love of music. I know that sounds overly naive. But it's… — Moby Copy Share Image
I think that the current climate enables a lot of musicians to do relatively well. Twenty-five years ago, you could be a… — Moby Copy Share Image
I change my mind about things - for a while I was punk rocker, and if you weren't a punk rocker you… — Moby Copy Share Image
When I saw music as a means to an end - more fame, more money, dating celebrities - that's when things have… — Moby Copy Share Image
When someone comes to me and says the music I've made has affected them emotionally, that's the most gratifying part of my… — Moby Copy Share Image
There's really no reason for any musician, writer, actor to ever take themselves seriously. If you work in a needle exchange, take… — Moby Copy Share Image
I find the fact that so few people buy albums to be strangely emancipating. There's absolutely no reason for 99% of musicians… — Moby Copy Share Image
Doing interviews and touring are two ways that I can try to bring my music to people. It can be tiring, but… — Moby Copy Share Image
If I spend 100 days in a row making music there’s a chance nothing will come of it. But if I spend… — Moby Copy Share Image
There are certain songs that if people come up to me and tell me how much that song meant to them, I… — Moby Copy Share Image
For better or worse, I'm interested in just about everything: every different type of music I can imagine. I can never see… — Moby Copy Share Image
A lot of times good, pristine recordings prevent the listener from getting emotionally involved in the music. — Moby Copy Share Image
I'd much rather go out and have music randomly presented to me by different DJs than stay home and discover it on… — Moby Copy Share Image
In some ways it's hard to see electronic music as a genre because the word "electronic" just refers to how it's made.… — Moby Copy Share Image
In the course of my life, I've made some happy songs but it's the more sort of like pathos-laden, emotional, melancholic music… — Moby Copy Share Image
Punishing people for listening to music is exactly the wrong way to protect the music business. — Moby Copy Share Image
I've experienced tons of failure. I've been making music for 30 years, and I'd say failure and success have happened in equal measure. — Moby Copy Share Image
One of the nice things about licensing music to movies or advertisements is you can reach a lot of people who normally… — Moby Copy Share Image
When I was nine years old, I started playing guitar, and I took classical guitar lessons and studied music theory. And played… — Moby Copy Share Image
Somehow, magically, I've become an electronic musician, and I have a recording studio that looks like the bridge of the Enterprise. — Moby Copy Share Image
I’ve never seen the need to choose one type of music at the exclusion of another. That would feel kind of sad… — Moby Copy Share Image
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… — Moby Copy Share Image
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… — Moby Copy Share Image
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… — Moby Copy Share Image
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… — Moby Copy Share Image
When you look at the consequences of climate change, at rainforest deforestation, at antibiotic resistance, these are not necessarily political issues, but rather issues… — Moby Copy Share Image
What I love about making albums in the 21st century is that so few people buy albums! I can make an album without any… — Moby Copy Share Image
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… — Moby Copy Share Image
Up until I started working with him, I had thought that music was a nice thing that I enjoyed and liked making, but it… — Moby Copy Share Image
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… — Moby Copy Share Image
