Girl Talk Quotes - Page 3

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• 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.

  Girl Talk

  Girl, Song, Nice

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

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• 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.

  Girl Talk

  Song, Hate, Emotional

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

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• 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.

  Girl Talk

  Trying, Lyrical, Combination

  Source: uproxx.com

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• The whole point of doing the pay what you want is to be reasonable with the fans.

  Girl Talk

  Pay, Fans, Want

  Source: uproxx.com

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• 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.

  Girl Talk

  Song, Together, Albums

  Source: uproxx.com

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• 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.

  Girl Talk

  Pumps, Remix, Sample

  Source: uproxx.com

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• I can't edit live as meticulously as I can for an album.

  Girl Talk

  Albums, I Can, Edits

  Source: uproxx.com

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

  Girl Talk

  People, Trying, Find Me

  Source: uproxx.com

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• 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.

  Girl Talk

  Play, Rocks, People

  Source: uproxx.com

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

  Girl Talk

  Trying, Way, Traditional

  Source: uproxx.com

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• 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

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• 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

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• Samples are kind of my instrument of choice.

  Girl Talk

  Choices, Kind, Instruments

  Source: uproxx.com

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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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• In the past, hearing music had more value.

  Girl Talk

  Past, Hearing, Hearing Music

  Source: uproxx.com

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• A lot of people aren't aware of the years and years of humiliation and horrible shows I've played.

  Girl Talk

  Years, People, Horrible

  Source: uproxx.com

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• 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.

  Girl Talk

  Thinking, Artist, Years

  Source: uproxx.com

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• I feel like there's always something to prove.

  Girl Talk

  Feels, Prove

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• 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.

  Girl Talk

  Running, Art, World

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• 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.

  Girl Talk

  Strong, Hate, Artist

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• 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.

  Girl Talk

  People, Guy, Littles

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• 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.

  Girl Talk

  People, Tears, Albums

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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