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“There are a lot of great animal rights organizations who save dogs and save cats, but the Humane Society is actually really good at working with Congress and getting legislation actually passed.”

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Moby, born Richard Melville Hall, is an American singer-songwriter and music producer known for his innovative contributions to the electronic music genre. His music blends various styles, including electronic, rock, jazz, and classical. Moby's work has had a profound impact on both the music industry and popular culture. more

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“There are a lot of musicians who are still desperately trying to pretend that it's 1998 and by having a huge marketing campaign, they somehow believe that they can sell 10 million records. That's delusional. No one sells 10 million records. The days of musicians getting rich off of selling records are done.”

Trying Believe Stills Done Millions Rich Records Huge Musician Sells Marketing Campaigns Selling Get Rich Delusional Marketing Campaigns

Author:Moby

“There are a lot of public figures who, before they take a stand on a issue, they talk about it with their publicist and they figure out how it's going to affect record sales. Life is really too short to worry about that sort of thing.”

Life Is Worry Issues Records Figures Too Short Public Figures Publicists

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“There might be a lot of difference between Republicans and Democrats on key social issues like women's rights and health care. But when it comes to taking corporate cash, they're pretty much the same beast.”

Might Care Social Differences Issues Rights Keys Republican Democrat Health Care Corporate Beast Cash Womens Rights Social Issues

Author:Moby

“There's a fairly extensive network of musicians on tour who are all trying to stay sober, and we generally reach out to each other and offer support when and where we can.”

Trying Support Offers Musician Reach Out Sober

Author:Moby

“What sounds good on the radio is really loud kick drums and loud snare drums, when everything's bombastic and in your face. It's the equivalent of a houseguest who screams all the time.”

Faces Sound Radio Loud Kicks Your Face Scream Snares Bombastic

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“When 'Play' first came out, journalists didn't review it; it didn't get radio play. And then it became this big successful record and, I hate to admit this, I found myself liking the fame. I bought into it.”

Firsts Play Bigs Hate Found Successful Records Fame I Hate Radio Journalist Reviews Radio Plays

Author:Moby

“When I was growing up, albums were my closest friends, as sad as that may sound - Joy Division's 'Closer,' or Echo and the Bunnymen's 'Heaven Up Here'... I had a more intimate relationship with those records than I did with most of the people in my life.”

People May Joy Heaven Sound Growing Up Records Growing Albums Intimate Division Closest Echoes Intimate Relationships Closest Friends Joy Division

Author:Moby

“When I was growing up, I was the most pretentious person I have ever met. I only read obscure books and watched obscure movies and only listened to obscure music.”

Persons Book Growing Up Growing Mets Obscure Pretentious

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“When I was nine years old, I started playing guitar, and I took classical guitar lessons and studied music theory. And played jazz for a while. And then when I was around fourteen years old, I discovered punk rock. And so I then tried to unlearn everything I had learned in classical music and jazz so I could play in punk rock bands.”

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Author:Moby

“When I went to university, I was a philosophy major, but because I'm not very bright I chose to study philosophy at a performing arts school, maybe because the philosophy program there wasn't too rigorous or challenging.”

Art Philosophy School Challenges Study Majors Program University Performing Art School Performing Arts

Author:Moby