Latest Volker Bertelmann Quotes from Interviews

• I think for me, fusion is a word that describes a positive, collaborative combination of different styles. Every kind of new music was created by a fusion of different styles because to move on and find something new you have to allow all the influences within yourself a voice.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Moving, Thinking, Style

  Source: therumpus.net

• My music is also one part of my inner process, and people also seem to connect with me on that - especially the ones who have the same questions for their own lives.

  Volker Bertelmann

  People, Process, Music Is

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I really like stories, so in a way it doesn't matter for me if they are real or fiction.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Real, Fiction, Stories

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I get a lot of emails where people are writing me their experiences, how they discovered my music, what they feel... they motivate me to carry on with what I am doing.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Writing, People, Email

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I can't really say that film music inspired me; it is more the films themselves, in connection with the music.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Connections, Film Music, Inspired

  Source: pitchfork.com

• Even films without music are inspiring, as I think a good story is full of changes, different paces, and ideas.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Thinking, Ideas, Different

  Source: pitchfork.com

• In a way, I pick out the films that have a same attitude as music that I like.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Attitude, Way, Film

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I think there is a big question in how much music a film needs - a lot of films are overloaded for my taste, so that the story can't carry its own weight.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Thinking, Needs, Stories

  Source: pitchfork.com

• When I read a script, I am already in the movie with my music, and I can dive into a world that I haven't seen before.

  Volker Bertelmann

  World, Scripts, Havens

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I am a big fan of the Coen Brothers; I like their kind of absurd, dark approach.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Brother, Dark, Fans

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I like the influence of pictures on music and the other way around.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Way, Influence

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I was always interested in finding the elegance of each style and understanding why it influences so many people.

  Volker Bertelmann

  People, Understanding, Style

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I am inspired by the films of Pedro Almodóvar, as they are funny, sad, and extremely weird.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Inspired, Film

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I can't say that electronic gear is restrictive. I think it is a challenge to play with electronic gear, and I regularly [perform] concerts with guys who are processing sound.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Thinking, Play, Guy

  Source: pitchfork.com

• The opportunity to use a computer is great when it is used as one component, or when someone is working on his or her own sounds and approaches. I think it actually has the same restrictions as using the piano or any other instrument in [a traditional] way.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Opportunity, Thinking, Piano

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I am surprising myself [at] each show, and the delivered piano often surprises me. Sometimes the piano is so old that I don't have to prepare it, and sometimes I have a concert grand!

  Volker Bertelmann

  Piano, Sometimes, Surprise

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I was actually very surprised after using some plastic necklaces on the strings, as the sound was very bright. Sometimes I just put something inside that lies next to me.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Lying, Sound, Necklaces

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I had a record deal with Sony in the beginning of the 90s, and I was rapping and singing in my band.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Rap, Singing, Band

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I was bored to death and thinking more about the minibar and the after-show party than the performance.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Party, Thinking, Bored

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I always liked stories that carry on and have a different format from the normal music video.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Different, Video, Stories

  Source: pitchfork.com

• During Christmas time, on German television they show films with three or four episodes, and I quite like the feeling of waiting for the next episode.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Waiting, Feelings, Three

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I also remember riding home from a wonderful day with only my bathing shorts, losing the chain of my bicycle, having no hand breaks, and slipping high speed on a street covered with stones. I had to go to the hospital.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Home, Hands, Slipping

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I like to express true emotions under the cover of melancholy: It includes fulfilment and pain, which describes human existence.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Pain, Emotion, Melancholy

  Source: pitchfork.com

• When I'm walking with my father through the woods, and we reach a place where you see so far that your ego suddenly shrinks because you are so touched by the dimension of your surroundings.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Father, Ego, Woods

  Source: pitchfork.com

• Memories were in my mind during nearly all the concerts I've done, and I realized the deep connection to my childhood, when I went out in the morning and the only thing my mom said was, "Come back before dark." What trust and what freedom!

  Volker Bertelmann

  Mom, Morning, Memories

  Source: pitchfork.com

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