Danger Mouse
I'm not really a knob-twiddler. I always work with an engineer; I'm not super hands-on when it comes to mixing boards and computers. I'm much more about what I'm hearing and what it needs to be like. I deal with songs and ideas and instruments.Collection: Computers
Basically, the way I do it is I get to work with a bunch of people; get a bunch of great people together, and you'll be able to get something cool on the other side.Collection: Cool
I often have an argument with people. I say name me a classic song that's not sad in some kind of way. And even if you can, you'll have to search pretty far.Collection: Sad
When you're younger, you have ideas and visions of what you're going to be like when you're older and what love is going to be like and who you're gonna be married to and all of these different things.
I find that the kinds of music I'm drawn to are those that a lot of people take for granted.
Some people have been listening to the Beatles their whole lives; I didn't discover them until I was 18 years old.
I have no shame in making music that maybe, if you listen to it long enough, you'll realize you've heard this or that part of it before. I'm still very excited by an amazingly written song, so that's really the thing that I work on when I make records with people.
I'm obviously really opinionated, but as a producer, you don't necessarily want the person you're working with to try to impress you - you want them to just be themselves. Then you can edit or mess around with what they've come up with. But you have to allow the artist that space.
I started out really making music in my dorm room, and it wasn't really producing or anything like that; it was you making something.
I have ideas all of the time from the beginning, but they never really wind up turning out like I thought they would.
After the 'Grey Album,' everyone thought of me as the hip-hop guy, the remix maestro. I didn't know how to show them otherwise.
I'd hate to have to leave music, but if I got stuck some place, I would.
The first two projects I did out of my dorm room were mock film soundtracks.
I'm into song-writing; I'm into melodies that break your heart a little bit. That's the thing that got me into music; that's what I look for in music for the most part.
I always thought 'Rome' would change things for me, that people would finally understand what I do.
Daft Punk wouldn't have normally fit into anything that was pop on the radio, but they just did it.
When I don't have a good time making music, I think of quitting a lot. I really do. I can create something else. I'll do something else.
Broken Bells reminds me how much fun I have making music.
No matter how naturally gifted you are, it's your passion that's going to make you better and maybe touch some people.Collection: Passion
If you know what kind of music somebody loves, then you can kind of figure out why they do what they do.Collection: Kind
All I do is listen to music. It's a weird thing. It's like I have so much catching up to do. I've always been over my head. That's just the way I work best, you know. Like when you're studying for school you think, "I can only study when I have to study the night before." That kind of means you're lazy or you're a procrastinator, but for me with music it's a similar thing. It's like I've been over my head for most of my career so to speak.Collection: School
I've had nightmares about having to kick people out of my band because they've said that they don't like the Beatles. I'd wake up and turn to them and say, "You like the Beatles, right?"Collection: People
In the end, I think musicians know that getting up in the morning and making music you love doesn't necessarily mean that you deserve billions of dollars or worship from anybody.Collection: Morning
I was thinking that people have to believe you're crazy in order to take you seriously as an artist.Collection: Crazy
If you're 22 years old and you can't believe you're even in the position to have a career making music, the first thing you're going to think is: Maintain. Don't lose it. And that's precisely what causes you to lose everything.Collection: Believe
Some people have been listening to the Beatles their whole lives; I didn't discover them until I was 18 years old. As a result, I'm still very affected and moved by their music - maybe in a way that's different from someone who grew up around it.Collection: Years
When I dont have a good time making music, I think of quitting a lot. I really do. I can create something else. Ill do something else.Collection: Thinking
I started out really making music in my dorm room, and it wasnt really producing or anything like that; it was you making something.Collection: Rooms
If you're wandering the streets, talking in gibberish, nobody ever asks you to change anything about your art because there's no context for people to look at what you do.Collection: Art
What affected me the most about the Beatles was that they were the biggest band in the world and they could have done anything they wanted.Collection: Band
I find that the kinds of music I’m drawn to are those that a lot of people take for granted.Collection: People
A big part of making an album is that you want to have enough material - you want to have enough stuff for people to hear and know that it represents you.Collection: People
I have no shame in making music that maybe, if you listen to it long enough, you'll realize you've heard this or that part of it before.Collection: Long
The musicians themselves don't seem to know enough about why they're in the positions they're in, so they're afraid to lose those positions.Collection: Musician
Going back and forth between wanting to be respected artistically and wanting to move people is its own challenge.Collection: Moving
Even with artists I love, only about a third of their music is what really hits the sweet spot for me.Collection: Sweet