Gotye Quotes

• I guess Surrealism has a draw for me because it's an unknown world. It's a world of subconscious. Some things you can't really get your hands on very easily. Things that are kind of nebulous and they feel like they're not completely formed. You have to feel your way through that.

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  Unknown Worlds, Hands, Way

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• Often times at a concert, I just close my eyes. Music is very transportive and visual for me like that.

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  Eye, Concerts, Music Is

  Fuente: www.elle.com

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• I could quite happily just make music because it conjures up a whole visual world for me in my mind.

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  Mind, World, Music Is

  Fuente: www.elle.com

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• You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness,
  Like resignation to the end, Always the end.

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  Sadness, Kind, Ends

  Song: Somebody That I Used to Know, Album: Making Mirrors, 2011

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• Through the music I hope to give it an arc that gives it a greater sense of a journey through the set rather than a bunch of songs.

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  Song, Journey, Giving

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• A big part of making music is the discovery aspect, is the surprise aspect. That's why I think I'll always love sampling. Because it involves combining the music fandom: collecting, searching, discovering music history, and artifacts of recording that you may not have known existed and you just kind of unlock parts of your brain, you know?

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  Thinking, Discovery, Brain

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• Emotionally, I feel mostly out-of-depth, like I will never quite learn how to be what I should be. And that makes me feel pretty vulnerable a lot of the time.

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  Depth, Never Quit, Vulnerable

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Music makes me want to dance but I'm not sure that's something anybody wants to observe.

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  Want, Not Sure

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• What makes me vulnerable? Well, my ego, probably. I kind of like to try to let go of it. Or feeling out of my depth. In various aspects of my life, whether it's musical or personal.

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  Letting Go, Ego, Feelings

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• I'm open to whatever. I think sometimes when people collaborate these days, it's a little bit convenient.

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  Pensar, Gente, Pequeños

  Fuente: www.elle.com

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• Have your friends collect your records and then change your number.

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  Numbers, Records

  Song: Somebody That I Used to Know, Album: Making Mirrors, 2011

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• When I started covering The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in a rock 'n' roll band, it helped me realize that my natural voice is actually really high. It helped me find my voice.

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  Voice, Rocks, Stones

  Fuente: www.elle.com

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• All the records I've put out have had either artwork that I did while I was young or something that my Dad painted.

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  Dad, Records, Artwork

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• I've been very lucky to work with many amazing animators and directors who can interpret and extend the music I make. When it's done well, it can create extra meaning and new context for the song.

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  Song, Directors, Lucky

  Fuente: www.elle.com

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• Recuerdo perfectamente que volví a casa a las 9 de la mañana, después de rodar todo el día, en albornoz, con la cara llena de pintura corporal, y pasé por el autoservicio de McDonald's. Pedí un café para asegurarme de que no me desmayaba de camino a casa. Pedí un café para asegurarme de que no me desmayaba de camino a casa. Y la chica que trabajaba allí ni se inmutó. Supongo que es algo habitual en el McDonald's de Hastings [Australia].

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  Girl, Coffee, Home

  "Gotye Braces For Stateside Success With 'Somebody That I Used To Know'". Interview with James Montgomery, www.mtv.com. February 9, 2012.

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• Sometimes I'll have sections that I'm not quite sure how they fit in the puzzle of a tune, they'll get moved around; what I think was originally a verse ends up becoming the chorus, or what's an intro gets dropped as a hook, things get shifted around a lot.

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  Thinking, Hook, Becoming

  "Gotye Braces For Stateside Success With 'Somebody That I Used To Know'". Interview with James Montgomery, www.mtv.com. February 9, 2012.

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• I tend to just do whatever I want on an album and try to make it work. I'm just adventurous. It's most exciting to be at the edge of your abilities. I want to see how far I can push things.

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  Trying, Albums, Want

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• I do get a bit of a sense, just from e-mails some people send me, just a little sense of how people in different countries seem to respond differently to certain lines in a song.

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  Country, Song, People

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