There are different kinds of artists: the ones that inspire you, and the ones that overwhelm you. — Thomas Mars Art Copy Share Image
When I started writing, the first thing that came out was in English. I liked a few French things, but they were… — Thomas Mars Came Copy Share Image
It's hard to write new stuff when the songs you have written before are still changing and evolving. It would be like… — Thomas Mars Before Copy Share Image
Growing up in Versailles is like growing up in a museum, and the people living there are almost the security. — Thomas Mars Almost Copy Share Image
Some amazing records have this power to leave you with inspiration; you're left with the urge to write something. And some records… — Thomas Mars Amazing Copy Share Image
One of my favorite French singers, Alain Bashung, was the expert at creating his own universe; no one knows what he's talking… — Thomas Mars Creating Copy Share Image
I think Björk is playing on the fact she knows she's eccentric and she accepts the fact. — Thomas Mars Accepting Copy Share Image
When you play in a band, you're in phase with people. When you're a DJ, you're totally off-phase. Your work time is… — Thomas Mars Airport Copy Share Image
It's hard to talk about love without sounding either cheesy, or revealing too much personal stuff. — Thomas Mars About Copy Share Image
The idea is not to please the most amount of people. Growing up in Versailles, the idea was to please the least… — Thomas Mars Amount Copy Share Image
I'm a lazy guy. I can't focus for too long. I'd rather hear a record that has no filler. — Thomas Mars Focus Copy Share Image
The basics of acting are really better in America than in Europe. Just the basic "fake laugh" is impossible to get in… — Thomas Mars Acting Copy Share Image
In an ideal world people would know the words just for the show and then forget them right after. — Thomas Mars Forget Copy Share Image
In France, anyone can use your music on like a TV show or whatever - they don't need to ask permission. It's… — Thomas Mars Asks Copy Share Image
In France a lot of songs were ruined by their associations with commercials. But so far no Apple commercial has ruined a… — Thomas Mars Apples Copy Share Image
I think every artist needs a rule that's stupid but that helps him, like a deadline would. — Thomas Mars Art Copy Share Image
There was never a choice to sing in English or French, that's the thing. We started a band and sang right away… — Thomas Mars Cherish Copy Share Image
In California, there is a strong tension between north and south. — Thomas Mars Between Copy Share Image
Sometimes a sound gets overused. There is such a thing as a good saxophone, but it's like those fields in agriculture -… — Thomas Mars Agriculture Copy Share Image
I discovered that a lot of the songs I like, they're fantasies, a vision of something, but you don't actually live there. — Thomas Mars Dreams Copy Share Image
