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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the violin, for example, one understands culturally that the sound comes from the instrument that can be seen. With electronic music, it is not the same at all. That's why it seemed so important to me, from the beginning of my career, to invent a grammar, a visual vocabulary adapted to electronic music.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not someone who is afraid; I am someone who reasons.
- Much
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't necessarily like anniversaries that much.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I did the first 'Oxygene' in the vinyl days, I had a structure in mind divided in 2 parts fitting the A&B sides of an album.
- Choice
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did the first 'Oxygene' on an 8 tracks tape recorder with very few instruments, with no other choice than being minimalist.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the time, when you are in the studio, you are revealing yourself; you're a bit naked. You can express your weaknesses, your awkward way of approaching sound. Sharing these intimate moments is like inviting somebody into your private room.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
People don't realize enough how important and influentical John Carpenter has been in electronic music. He did his soundtracks by himself, using mostly electronic and analog synthesizers. He's a cult figure with DJs these days for good reasons.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some collaborators might join forces in certain cities or special concerts. I'm excited to share the stage with some prestigious people that I love and respect.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father and I never really achieved a real relationship. We probably saw each other 20 or 25 times in our lifetime.
- Frustration
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even if we artists are all very privileged, there's a constant frustration about how to do more or better, and never being satisfied.
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes, you try something, and it works in terms of success. That doesn't mean you like what is a hit. Sometimes you like the most obscure song on your album.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a lifetime, you can say, yes, you have instances of pleasure, of happiness, you like some of your work, but your work is the entire story, and if you are not satisfied with a few moments of a few parts of that story, you would like to be able to adjust that.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have lost our vision for the future. Before, we say, 'Nothing will be the same. Cars will fly, and we go to the end of the universe.' We have this kind of naive but exciting idea of the future. Now, the vision has been reduced to ways to select our garbage and how to survive global warming.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
Suddenly, we are putting ourselves as the next dinosaurs. It's rather dark; we have narrowed our dreams. It is time to restore our visions. And so it's not a nostalgic idea; it is based with this unconscious need to restore a kind of dynamic for tomorrow.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
Emotions are the basics of any art form!
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, electronic music is like cooking: it's a sensual organic activity where you can mix ingredients.
- Change Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are rejecting the power of the elite, but individuals such as Snowden are doing so in a positive way, trying to change things for the better. He is a very intelligent man and obviously interested in electronic music.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I heard Edward Snowden's story, it reminded me of my mother in a strange way. She was in the French resistance from early on, 1941. At that time, the Resistance were considered troublemakers - even traitors - in France.
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always been of the opinion that when those in power are promoting actions and ideals that risk harming or impeding us, people should stand up to this.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Snowden has demonstrated true love for his country. He has done something to improve the lives of people.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always dreamed, when I started writing music, to find a way of immersing yourself in it.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
CDs are not as good as vinyl, and you buy one in the supermarket along with the yoghurt.
- Relationship
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole 'Electronica' project is about the ambiguous relationship we have with technology: on the one side, we have the world in our pocket; on the other, we are spied on constantly.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you think after 25 years of Mao, Chinese people had no idea about western music or even western culture. They had no idea about James Dean or the Beatles or Charlie Chaplin, modern music or modern cinema.
- Not Talking
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all think we are connected to the world now, but we are not talking to our neighbours any more.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Saying that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say.
- Intellectual
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was at the Group for Musical Research, with this idea of discovering electronic music, I quickly realized that that it was a very interesting and exciting approach to music, but I also saw that it was very intellectual and quite dogmatic.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was recently realizing that I've probably spent 80 percent of my life in studios! It's very difficult to do that and still have a private life; it's very difficult to do anything else.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Governments can help support European music by promoting public awareness that when people take music that doesn't belong to them, they undermine the future of those very artists whose work they enjoy.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
If music is to continue to support the livelihoods of artists, it cannot be taken without the permission of artists.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020