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title: "1 Years Took Quotes By Gotye"
description: "1 Years Took quotes by Gotye. Plus more from Gotye and more Years Took sayings from other authors."
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> [I have this desire to just while away weeks, months and years. It took me two years to make this record but that was with me trying to condense my process and not disappear down the rabbit hole with all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gotye/i-have-this-desire-to-just-while-away-weeks-months-and-years-it-took/)

[Gotye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gotye/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/gotye-15290_away_i-have-this-desire-to-just-while-away-we_2284150.jpg)

## More by Gotye

> [Through the music I hope to give it an arc that gives it a greater sense of a journey through the set rather than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gotye/through-the-music-i-hope-to-give-it-an-arc-that-gives-it-a-greater/)

[Gotye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gotye/)

> [This 'Making Mirrors' album is far more personal, even if there's a character element to the sounds I'm working with. Every song on this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gotye/this-making-mirrors-album-is-far-more-personal-even-if-there-s-a/)

[Gotye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gotye/)

> [No you didn't have to stoop so low. Have your friends collect your records and then change your number. I guess that I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gotye/no-you-didn-t-have-to-stoop-so-low-have-your-friends-collect-your/)

[Gotye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gotye/)

> [I quite clearly remember driving home at 9 a.m., after shooting all day, in a bathrobe, with bodypaint all over my face, and going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gotye/i-quite-clearly-remember-driving-home-at-9-a-m-after-shooting-all-day/)

[Gotye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gotye/)

> [You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness, Like resignation to the end, Always the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gotye/you-can-get-addicted-to-a-certain-kind-of-sadness-like-resignation-to/)

[Gotye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gotye/)

> [But it was like to stop consuming's to stop being human and why would I make a change if you won't? We're all in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gotye/but-it-was-like-to-stop-consuming-s-to-stop-being-human-and-why-would/)

[Gotye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gotye/)

> [You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness. Like resignation to the end, always the end. So when we found that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gotye/you-can-get-addicted-to-a-certain-kind-of-sadness-like-resignation-to-2/)

[Gotye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gotye/)

> [I guess Surrealism has a draw for me because it's an unknown world. It's a world of subconscious. Some things you can't really get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gotye/i-guess-surrealism-has-a-draw-for-me-because-it-s-an-unknown-world-it/)

[Gotye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gotye/)

> [“Let me in where only your thoughts have been. Let me occupy your mind as you do mine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gotye/let-me-in-where-only-your-thoughts-have-been-let-me-occupy-your-mind/)

[Gotye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gotye/)

> [Seventeen seconds and I'm over it. Ready for the disconnect. Putting on a brave face. Trying not to listen yo the voices in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gotye/seventeen-seconds-and-i-m-over-it-ready-for-the-disconnect-putting-on/)

[Gotye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gotye/)

> [Have your friends collect your records and then change your number...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gotye/have-your-friends-collect-your-records-and-then-change-your-number/)

[Gotye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gotye/)

> [Keep on second-guessing. Use my memory like a weapon on everything I try...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gotye/keep-on-second-guessing-use-my-memory-like-a-weapon-on-everything-i/)

[Gotye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gotye/)

> [Music makes me want to dance but I'm not sure that's something anybody wants to observe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gotye/music-makes-me-want-to-dance-but-i-m-not-sure-that-s-something/)

[Gotye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gotye/)

> [We walk the plank with our eyes wide open.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gotye/we-walk-the-plank-with-our-eyes-wide-open/)

[Gotye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gotye/)

> [I'm open to whatever. I think sometimes when people collaborate these days, it's a little bit convenient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gotye/i-m-open-to-whatever-i-think-sometimes-when-people-collaborate-these/)

[Gotye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gotye/)

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