Casey Spooner Professions : Musician Born : February 2, 1970 Browse All Authors Top 14 quotes by Casey Spooner It is impossible not to react to the current state of affairs through personal action and artistic production. We have been at war for three years. One desperately feels the need for someone to speak some sort of truth, either poetic or factual. Casey Spooner three war years I think a lot of people misinterpret what I'm doing because they think of it as just a joke or they think of it as disposable. Casey Spooner jokes people thinking We, as band, always positioned ourselves between art and entertainment, which often works against us - Fischerspooner is between business models. Art is about limiting access to the product to create value, and entertainment is about dispersing it. We've put ourselves in a position where, if we reach conceptual perfection, it's career suicide. Casey Spooner suicide perfection art If you want to make something that's aggressive and challenging and peculiar and strange and trying to step outside of a traditional approach, some people aren't going to like it. Casey Spooner challenges trying people If something was confusing or difficult, then it was a positive thing. Confusion is a positive. Casey Spooner difficult confusing confusion I listen to nothing or classical music just because after being in the studio for twelve hours, the last thing you want to do is listen to anything. Casey Spooner twelve lasts want Hip-hop is interesting, but American pop music doesn't have the kind of diversity that the UK does. Casey Spooner diversity hip-hop interesting It was cool to feel this global electronic thing happening. But it just got to be too much at a certain point. Casey Spooner certain too-much feels People would lambaste me or attack me, and I'd be like, "I'm being honest! I'm the one person that's being honest and sincere about what I'm doing." The rest of the world doesn't want to admit the fakery of entertainment on TV, but I love the fake. I think fake is beautiful. Casey Spooner beautiful people thinking The things I'm making and doing I really like and think are interesting; I'm drawn to them. Casey Spooner interesting thinking I honestly and truly love and believe in what I'm making, and it's not a joke, whereas some people would take a singer-songwriter sitting behind an acoustic guitar as sincere. Casey Spooner guitar believe people On the one hand, rock is so predictable, but at the same time, the basic idea that an artist can cut through everything and make something that they believe in or make something that they love or speaks to them personally, that it can cut through the bullshit. But at the same time, the cliches of sincerity can kill that. Casey Spooner cutting artist believe I wanted to make something that raised questions and was completely different and challenged the way most people experienced electronic music. So some people don't like me; that's OK. Casey Spooner different people way I liked it when there was a certain amount of people who did not like what I was doing. If anything, I thought that was a positive thing. Casey Spooner positive-things certain people Similar Authors Adam Jones musician Izzy Stradlin musician Bon Scott musician Brad Delp musician Brad Delson musician Brian Eno musician All Authors
