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I was in bar about 15 years ago, a relationship had ended badly, I was very drunk and I thought I would convince myself to try and be gay. Like, at one point I didn't like coffee, then I learned to like it.
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Moby
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: September 11
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What fascinates me about addiction and obsessive behavior is that people would choose an altered state of consciousness that's toxic and ostensibly destroys most aspects of your normal life, because for a brief moment you feel okay.
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One problem with a lot of musicians is that they remove themselves in a studio and make a record and assume people are going to pay attention to it just because they've made it.
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If you look at the history of demagoguery and fascism, it always happens when there are two things. It requires a gentle populace to allow it to happen, whether through laziness, ignorance or ineptitude, but it also requires a very angry, dissatisfied section of the populace who want egregiously simple answers to very complicated problems.
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I realized the universe is 15 billion years old and unspeakably complicated. I still love the teachings of Christ, but I also believe that the human condition prevents us from having any true objective knowledge and understanding of the universe.
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Call me a nerd if you like, but I do find it hard to leave home without my laptop and a good book.
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Basically we should stop doing those things that are destructive to the environment, other creatures, and ourselves and figure out new ways of existing.
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I wasn't raised Catholic I just really like the image of a neutral and benign Mary floating around somewhere, being nice to people.
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In 1991 I did an interview wherein I described myself as a 'teetotal Christian,' which was an exaggeration, although I do like tea and Christ.
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I did a cover of the James Bond theme, and I felt like such a fraud, because the original is so good.
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One can only snort so many ants and have so much sex before one starts to long for the comfort and companionship of a good book.
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Doing interviews and touring are two ways that I can try to bring my music to people. It can be tiring, but it's better than working at Burger King.
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Most artists, you know, you spend their entire lives learning how to play music and write songs, and they don't really know how the music business works.
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For my most of my career I've been a falling-down drunk. Most of my interviews were done hungover, and for a while it was great.
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Have I dated a supermodel? Of course not. I'd look ridiculous.
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I have to say that being a vegan in 1986 or whenever was a lot different than being a vegan in 2012. You'd go to health foods stores and basically your choice was between Mung beans and nutritional yeast, and that's about it.
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There's really no reason for any musician, writer, actor to ever take themselves seriously. If you work in a needle exchange, take yourself seriously. You're doing good work. If you're involved in hostage negotiations and saving lives, you can have a sense of entitlement.
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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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It just seems like musicians want to sell a few records and put out a perfume line, and I think it's so sad that there are so many musicians who don't want to change the world.
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Somehow, magically, I've become an electronic musician, and I have a recording studio that looks like the bridge of the Enterprise.
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It's much easier to have a diversified career as an electronic musician than it is as a drummer. Nothing against drummers. If you're a drummer, you just wait around for people to ask you to play drums. But if you have your own studio and can make music, you have the ability to approach music a lot differently.
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