Girl Talk Quotes

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• 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.

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  Song, Artist, People

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• The point has always been to make music, it's not like I've always been running a giant money making scheme.

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  Running, Giants, Making Money

  Source: uproxx.com

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• 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.

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  Issues, Trying, Sampling

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• 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.

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  Rap, Artist, Times Are Changing

  Source: uproxx.com

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• I still like weird music but there's such an overabundance that it's hard for me to stay enthusiastic about it.

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  Enthusiastic, Stills, Overabundance

  Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. August 30, 2006.

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• 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.

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  Fun, Worry, Down And

  Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. August 30, 2006.

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• With rap music, there are billions and billions of samples that are uncleared that people have never been bothered about on an underground level.

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  Rap, People, Levels

  Source: uproxx.com

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• 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.

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  Song, Musical, Trying

  Source: uproxx.com

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• 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.

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  Rapper, Criminals, Albums

  "Random Rules: Gregg Gillis of Girl Talk". Interview with Josh Modell, www.avclub.com. March 12, 2007.

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• 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.

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  Interesting, Ironic, Want

  Source: uproxx.com

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• I think some people form the traditional DJ worlds misunderstand where I'm coming form.

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  Thinking, People, World

  Source: uproxx.com

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• 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.

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  Dad, Mp3, Trying

  "Random Rules: Gregg Gillis of Girl Talk". Interview with Josh Modell, www.avclub.com. March 12, 2007.

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• My dad's been one of those dads who loves showing newspaper articles to the neighbors.

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  Dad, Neighbor, Newspapers

  "Random Rules: Gregg Gillis of Girl Talk". Interview with Josh Modell, www.avclub.com. March 12, 2007.

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• I was into alternative stuff, but I was also open to a little bit of hard rock and metal, like Guns N' Roses, Metallica.

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  Gun, Rocks, Rose

  "Random Rules: Gregg Gillis of Girl Talk". Interview with Josh Modell, www.avclub.com. March 12, 2007.

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• I always like the people who keep moving forward, but kind of stay in their own lane.

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  Moving, People, Kind

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• 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.

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  Song, Rap, Cutting

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• 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.

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  Strong, Believe, Play

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• 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.

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  Jumping, Pieces, Lines

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• 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.

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  Artist, Lines, Laptops

  Source: uproxx.com

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• 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.

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  Investing, Buying, Albums

  Source: uproxx.com

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• 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.

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  Fall, Law, Challenges

  Source: uproxx.com

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• 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.

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  Thinking, People, Challenges

  Source: uproxx.com

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• I want to make something that's fun to listen to but still challenging and unique.

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  Fun, Unique, Challenges

  Source: uproxx.com

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• 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.

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  Hard Work, Years, Issues

  Source: uproxx.com

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• 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.

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  Caring, Thinking, People

  Source: uproxx.com

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