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I won't complain about touring, because I really do believe that a public-figure musician complaining about being a public-figure musician is just absurd. Like, 'Boo hoo hoo! I have to stand on stage and people pay attention to me!'

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Moby
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: September 11
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It's heartbreaking that so many hundreds of millions of people around the world are desperate for the right to vote, but here in America people stay home on election day.
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I've never seen Friends I've never seen Seinfeld. I've heard people reference these things but I've never seen them.
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Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.
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I love the fact that no one's ever bought my record because they were enamoured of the way I look. Maybe one person. There must be someone out there with compromised taste.
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The average life expectancy of a celebrity is 20 years less than someone working in a coal mine.
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People assume that somehow fame and wealth will keep mortality at bay.
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One of the reasons why fundamentalists are so aggressive in trying to promote fundamentalism is because deep down they know it's arbitrary. If you're comfortable with your belief you don't need to convince other people to agree with you.
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For me to speak out against the war in Iraq, you know - most of my fans are lefties anyway, so I don't really get much flack for it.
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I think there are two types of photographers, those who want to document the world and those who want to create their own world. I am more interested in documenting the world and presenting it to people with the question attached, 'Does this make any sense to you?'
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I don't think too much about how it might exist in the world in a commercial sense - I more just try and focus on making music that I love and trying to put it out into the world.
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A few years ago, before I stopped drinking, I was feeling very sorry for myself and very drunk, and I Googled 'Moby Sucks'. In less than one second something like 20 million responses came up... yeah, there has been a lot of loathing directed towards me, and it used to drive me crazy.
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