Latest Girl Talk Quotes from Interviews

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• It's weird for me when someone asks me to do a remix as Girl Talk and not use samples.

  Girl Talk

  Girl, Use, Remix

  Source: uproxx.com

• Samples are kind of my instrument of choice.

  Girl Talk

  Choices, Kind, Instruments

  Source: uproxx.com

• 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.

  Girl Talk

  Thinking, Gun, Interesting

  Source: uproxx.com

• 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.

  Girl Talk

  Cutting, Thinking, Might

  Source: uproxx.com

• I guess in a way I try to avoid being labeled as a traditional DJ.

  Girl Talk

  Trying, Way, Traditional

  Source: uproxx.com

• I'm interested in branching out and seeing where my music goes.

  Girl Talk

  Branching Out, Seeing

  Source: uproxx.com

• 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.

  Girl Talk

  Artist, Lines, Laptops

  Source: uproxx.com

• The traditional DJ world isn't a world that I come from.

  Girl Talk

  World, Traditional, Djs

  Source: uproxx.com

• 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.

  Girl Talk

  Caring, Thinking, People

  Source: uproxx.com

• 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.

  Girl Talk

  Hard Work, Years, Issues

  Source: uproxx.com

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

  Girl Talk

  Thinking, People, World

  Source: uproxx.com

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

  Girl Talk

  Fun, Unique, Challenges

  Source: uproxx.com

• 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.

  Girl Talk

  Thinking, People, Challenges

  Source: uproxx.com

• It's easy to hate on things that are close to your world that aren't exactly what you're doing.

  Girl Talk

  Hate, World, Easy

  Source: uproxx.com

• 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.

  Girl Talk

  Fall, Law, Challenges

  Source: uproxx.com

• 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.

  Girl Talk

  Investing, Buying, Albums

  Source: uproxx.com

• 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.

  Girl Talk

  Song, Cds, Radio

  Source: uproxx.com

• 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.

  Girl Talk

  Causes, Like You, Capacity

  Source: uproxx.com

• In the past, hearing music had more value.

  Girl Talk

  Past, Hearing, Hearing Music

  Source: uproxx.com

• 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.

  Girl Talk

  Rap, Artist, Times Are Changing

  Source: uproxx.com

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

  Girl Talk

  Rap, People, Levels

  Source: uproxx.com

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

  Girl Talk

  Running, Giants, Making Money

  Source: uproxx.com

• The primary goal isn't a financial gain; it's to put out interesting music.

  Girl Talk

  Goal, Interesting, Gains

  Source: uproxx.com

• My music should fall under fair use because it's transformative, it's becoming its own entity, and it's not negatively impacting anyone's sales.

  Girl Talk

  Fall, Becoming, Use

  Source: uproxx.com

• I guess people naturally try to find meaning in music.

  Girl Talk

  People, Trying, Find Me

  Source: uproxx.com