Girl Talk
A lot of artists are used to their music being reused online and have come to accept and embrace it. You have a generation who go on YouTube and remake and remix music online all the time. They remake and upload songs and videos, and then other people remake the remakes; it just keeps going.Collection: Song
The point has always been to make music, it's not like I've always been running a giant money making scheme.Collection: Running
The music is in no way politically based - I'm not trying to make a point about sampling. It may bring up issues but I'm not trying to push it on anyone.Collection: Issues
As the times are changing, you don't hear as many sample issues with rap artists. Part of that has to do with production styles these days, but the nature of copyright is also changing as the internet becomes more of a giant.Collection: Rap
I still like weird music but there's such an overabundance that it's hard for me to stay enthusiastic about it.Collection: Enthusiastic
I'm just making fun music so you can let your guard down and enjoy it, don't worry about what's cool and what's not.Collection: Fun
With rap music, there are billions and billions of samples that are uncleared that people have never been bothered about on an underground level.Collection: Rap
I do try to pick music that is from different worlds and typically doesn't flow together. When you do that, you get songs with conflicting messages, but for me, it's on a musical level first and foremost.Collection: Song
KRS-One is one of my favorite rappers ever. I actually don't even know why I have this on my computer, but I do. I really like this album, Criminal Minded.Collection: Rapper
I want to make new and interesting music out of pop music in a way that isn't ironic. I want to stay sincere to the source material but at the same time manipulate it and take it to a new world.Collection: Interesting
I think some people form the traditional DJ worlds misunderstand where I'm coming form.Collection: Thinking
I sampled a bit of stuff from my dad's collection. He has probably a bigger record collection than I do. I try to buy as much as possible, because I've never been able to keep an MP3 collection organized. I like to keep my computers as clean as possible.Collection: Dad
My dad's been one of those dads who loves showing newspaper articles to the neighbors.Collection: Dad
I was into alternative stuff, but I was also open to a little bit of hard rock and metal, like Guns N' Roses, Metallica.Collection: Gun
I always like the people who keep moving forward, but kind of stay in their own lane.Collection: Moving
Something that distinguishes my solo work from normal rap production is that it has a lot of melody - it's not just cutting up a song and having someone rap over it.Collection: Song
When I would play pop music at underground shows, it was offensive to some people. I wasn't doing it to piss people off: I just didn't believe in those strong divisions that you're supposed to listen to this or that.Collection: Strong
I always like to borrow bits and pieces of things. There's a line between jumping on something that's happening and incorporating bits and pieces of it into my work.Collection: Jumping
I've been approached about doing some live performance collaborations with DJ's. That is something I'd be interested in getting into down the line, but I've worked very hard to distinguish myself as a laptop artist.Collection: Artist
When someone is buying a sample-based album, they are investing in the concept of that album. If they really like the original source material, they can go buy it.Collection: Investing
Fair use is a part of United States copyright law. You don't know if it falls under fair use until you go to court. Someone has to sue you and then you have to challenge it.Collection: Fall
I think a lot of times people from the traditional DJing world think I'm trying to come up with an ultimate dance mix. That's not really what I'm doing. I'm trying to make something a little bit progressive and challenging.Collection: Thinking
I want to make something that's fun to listen to but still challenging and unique.Collection: Fun
A lot of times people have issues with me because they don't understand where I'm coming from and haven't seen the years and years of hard work and shows I've played.Collection: Hard Work
People see me on stage and sometimes they think, "Who's this hotdog thinking that he's the best." They miss the point that what I'm doing now comes from a whole different world of doing it for no one with nobody caring.Collection: Caring
Sometimes the show needs that kick in the ass so being able to sing a Nirvana song kind of takes it there. I've grown up putting on extravagant shows with Girl Talk so when I'm playing I like to go nuts. After 30 minutes of pointing and clicking it's nice to scream into a microphone for three minutes.Collection: Girl
The whole basis of the music is that people have these emotional attachments to these songs - whether they love it or hate it. Being able to manipulate that is a really easy way to connect with people.Collection: Song
Anytime there is any lyrical meaning or combination in my mixes, it's very blatant. I'm not trying to make any statement or anything like that.Collection: Trying
The whole point of doing the pay what you want is to be reasonable with the fans.Collection: Pay
To get 300 songs to fit together on an album, it's not like I choose 300 songs and say these are the ones I wanted to pick. To get those 300 songs I sampled 1000's of songs and narrowed down the ones I felt worked the best musically.Collection: Song
I've been dedicating my life to doing remixes and sample based music. Whether you're into it or not I'm going to continue to pump it out.Collection: Pumps
I can't edit live as meticulously as I can for an album.Collection: Albums
I guess people naturally try to find meaning in music.Collection: People
When people come to my shows they know there is a distinct beginning and end. It's difficult for me to play for much more than an hour, so people kind of come out and treat it like a rock show. They're fiending and ready to dance.Collection: Play
I guess in a way I try to avoid being labeled as a traditional DJ.Collection: Trying
I'm interested in anyone cutting up music and doing remixes. I just don't think it would work in a live setting right now to do shows with a traditional DJ, but it's something that might happen eventually.Collection: Cutting
I think collaborating with a DJ could be interesting musically and it's something that I'd like to get into down the road, but I think on the live show tip I'm sticking to my guns for right now.Collection: Thinking
Samples are kind of my instrument of choice.Collection: Choices
It's weird for me when someone asks me to do a remix as Girl Talk and not use samples.Collection: Girl
It's easy to hate on things that are close to your world that aren't exactly what you're doing.Collection: Hate
In 1990 if you heard a song on the radio and you really wanted to hear it again you'd have to buy it on tape or CD. Hearing music doesn't hold that kind of value anymore because anyone can hear it. It's going to become even easier.Collection: Song
Nowadays when you buy music its like you're donating to that cause, because you most likely could hear it in some capacity for free.Collection: Causes
In the past, hearing music had more value.Collection: Past
A lot of people aren't aware of the years and years of humiliation and horrible shows I've played.Collection: Years
In 2008 it's easy to get huge before you have an album out with the Internet. I think that's great and you see a lot of artists like that. It seems like it's becoming rarer to find a band that has been touring for six years, doing small shows and then breaking out.Collection: Thinking
I feel like there's always something to prove.Collection: Feels
When there's something negative in my life, be it in the art or the music world or in my personal life, I really just want to face it as immediately as possible. I don't run from it. I just want to immerse myself in it, get through it as quickly as possible, understand it, and look into what is positive about it.Collection: Running
I feel like all the artists that I really love, they've had a strong contingent of people who really hate their work as well.Collection: Strong
You can feel a little vulnerable when you see people tearing you apart on the internet or saying, "It's the end of music." "This guy is a total hack." I've read it all. But at the same time, even though I feel a little vulnerable with that, I do feel comfortable.Collection: People
I'll put out an album, and people review it, and some people love it, and some people tear it apart. By nature of the project, I've always wanted this to be something where people react strongly to it.Collection: People