“The show, like everything we have done and still do, is just one more experiment.” StillsDoneShowsExperimentsJust One Author:Thomas Bangalter
“We have always been thinking about different ways to perform electronic music, i.e. music made with machines.” ThinkingWayMadeDifferentMachinesDifferent WaysElectronic Music Author:Thomas Bangalter
“There is indeed a level of improvisation where we can distort and shuffle the music patterns, samples, and loops in each phase of the show within fixed cue points, but at the same time there is a constant result that we are trying to achieve each night while performing and operating our system - quite similar in spirit to a broadway show for example: If you go see a musical two nights in a row, the performances are different yet similar.” IfsTryingTwoDifferentShowsSpiritNightLevelsResultsAchieveExamplePerformancesConstantMusicalPatternsPerformingFixedPhasesBroadwayImprovisationSampleLoopsShuffleBroadway Shows Author:Thomas Bangalter
“I was as bad as it gets. What I wrote in the book, I was probably worse than that. I couldn't really explain how bad it was.” Book Author:Reginald Arvizu
“Me trying to kill people wasn't as bad as me tearing people down and making people cry and ripping them apart, because words never heal. That's what I've learned. I'd rather raise my son and tell him, "If you get in a fight with your friend, just punch him. Don't say anything, because the next day he doesn't get over that."'” PeopleIfsTryingFightingNextCrySonDown AndRaisesHealI've LearnedMy SonSay AnythingNext DayGet Over Author:Reginald Arvizu
“The thousands of clips on internet are better to us than any DVD that could have been released.” Has BeensInternetCould Have BeenDvdsClip Author:Thomas Bangalter
“I became alcoholic at around age of 13 or 14. I was full-blown. Every day we would hide the alcohol, stealing from stores or stealing it from our parents and hiding out in dirt fields and drinking it before school and after school.” AgeSchoolParentFieldsDrinkingAlcoholStoresStealingHidingDirtAlcoholicsAfter SchoolHiding Out Author:Reginald Arvizu
“If somebody told me, "Not a good idea," I would've said, "No, it's probably a good idea if you get drunk with me." I would've flipped it around on them. There was no way you could tell me anything. I wasn't listening to any type of reason.” IfsWaySaidIdeasReasonListeningTypeDrunkGood IdeasFlipped Author:Reginald Arvizu
“We come from a generation that wanted to make electronic music accepted, at a time [when] it was not.” WantedGenerationsAcceptedElectronic Music Author:Thomas Bangalter
“In the rock 'n roll slang world, they're called rock doctors, or rock docs. They would come out to shows and like to hang backstage. You could get a prescription for anything you want from them. They just want to hang out and party. It's crazy because you can get a prescription to anything. It doesn't even matter what kind of doctor they are.” WorldWantKindMatterShowsPartyCrazyRocksDoctorsHanging OutRock N RollPrescriptionsSlang Author:Reginald Arvizu