Dave Sitek Quotes

• There are so many people in the world with so many different perspectives. But ultimately, at the heart of it, they're people.

  Dave Sitek

  Heart, People, Perspective

  "TV on the Radio". Interview with Chris Dahlen, pitchfork.com. October 2, 2006.

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• I make music to bring the dead to life for a couple minutes and then let it go.

  Dave Sitek

  Couple, Let It Go, Minutes

  "TV on the Radio". Interview with Chris Dahlen, pitchfork.com. October 2, 2006.

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• If we can move together as a species, I think that there is a possibility that we can make the world a better place.

  Dave Sitek

  Moving, Thinking, Together

  "TV on the Radio". Interview with Chris Dahlen, pitchfork.com. October 2, 2006.

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• I believe in the power of song. Under the spell of the right song, passion is within reach, love is close by, and you are not alone!

  Dave Sitek

  Song, Believe, Passion

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• If youre going to reach for it, reach all the way for it. Albums like Purple Rain and Thriller and those kind of records, you had to reach far above the din of cynicism and modern living to get to that place, against all the odds.

  Dave Sitek

  Rain, Odds, Purple

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• Under the spell of the right song, passion is within reach... love is close by... and you are not alone! With such potency, music should be treated with care. The sound, the feel, the presentation... everything! It is a medicine. It is a teacher!

  Dave Sitek

  Song, Teacher, Passion

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• I spent more time at the library than anyone my age when I was a kid.

  Dave Sitek

  Kids, Age, Library

  "TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek" by Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. October 26, 2010.

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• My records don't go platinum or gold. I think they go cedar.

  Dave Sitek

  Thinking, Gold, Cedars

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• Being in L.A. has definitely given me the opportunity to experience how my music sounds in real life because I can drive around and listen to the mixes, which I couldnt do in New York. I get to feel how a song works in combination with a sunset and a drive through the mountains.

  Dave Sitek

  Song, New York, Real

  "Track by track: Maximum Balloon - Dave Sitek" by Sam Richards, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2010.

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• I want to make hand-held music, undiminished by the need to make everybody in the world listen at once. The goal is to ride into the sunset, stereo blasting, and all of what's got you worried will disappear in the rear view mirror!

  Dave Sitek

  Sunset, Mirrors, Views

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