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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.

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I'm trying to separate myself from other people by having songs that would be considered - technically - original things. I don't seek out mashups. I'm associated with the whole mashup movement, and it's too bad because I'm not a huge fan of them.
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I can't edit live as meticulously as I can for an album.
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My start came with experimental musicians and live bands. I never played with DJ's because it wasn't really the correct fit. It fit in more with someone using a laptop to create their own electronic music. When you're doing music like that, it's hard to get more than 20 people to come to your show.
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I like to use recognizable songs, but other than that, this song would be perfect.
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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.
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The whole point of doing the pay what you want is to be reasonable with the fans.
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It's weird for me when someone asks me to do a remix as Girl Talk and not use samples.
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I am always excited for gaps of time where I can actually hang out with my friends.
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A lot of people aren't aware of the years and years of humiliation and horrible shows I've played.
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Samples are kind of my instrument of choice.
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I was a jaded high schooler, I was still into pop music, though not as sincerely as I am now. It was more tongue-in-cheek back then.
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I think we're approaching an era where there's a consistent dialogue going on between artists and consumers. And I think that's going to be part of the solution to actually selling music.
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When I'm performing, this is what everything builds up to, and everything has allowed me to be here.
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I wanted to make experimental music out of pop.
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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.
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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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I make a living off of playing shows the albums only make me a fraction of what I make off of shows, especially since I'm doing around 100 shows a year.
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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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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.
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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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