At the time, 'Oxygene' was considered a totally 'far out' concept... What was 'in' at the time was disco, hard-rock, and the… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
Most of the time, when you are in the studio, you are revealing yourself; you're a bit naked. You can express your… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
I was always interested in mixing experimentation with pop music, and Brian Eno, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream - we were all doing it… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
One of the first things I created was music for the Paris opera's ballet troupe. That was the first time that electronic… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
Back in the Seventies, we had a romantic, poetic vision of the future, like it was in the movie '2001: A Space… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
We have lost our vision for the future. Before, we say, 'Nothing will be the same. Cars will fly, and we go… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
Governments can help support European music by promoting public awareness that when people take music that doesn't belong to them, they undermine… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
Suddenly, we are putting ourselves as the next dinosaurs. It's rather dark; we have narrowed our dreams. It is time to restore… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
When I heard Edward Snowden's story, it reminded me of my mother in a strange way. She was in the French resistance… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
I had no precise plan when I started 'Electronica,' but I think it has been a very positive journey for me. — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
My first synthesizer was the VCS3. I got it in Bristol in the late Sixties, long before Pink Floyd used them. I had to… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
I thought we had opposite visions of electronic music. Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk had a very robotic, mechanical approach. I had a more impressionist… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
I collect robots. They're mainly Japanese, American, and especially Russian - small robots, big robots, and old toy robots made between 1910 and the Fifties. — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
What is important to me is that the world understand that the problems of the Dead Sea concern not only residents of the region… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
Most of the time, when you are in the studio, you are revealing yourself; you're a bit naked. You can express your weaknesses, your… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
For me, electronic music is the classical music of the 21st century. — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
With electronic music, you are not confined to the acoustics of a concert-hall, and that inspired me to bring my performances outdoors. — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with the idea that no two sounds on 'Oxygene' should ever be exactly the same. I wanted a heartbeat feel, something… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
I just had one occasion in my life when suddenly my private life was everywhere, and that was an accident and beyond my control. — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
If music is to continue to support the livelihoods of artists, it cannot be taken without the permission of artists. — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
