Gold Panda Professions : Music Producer Born : 1980 Browse All Authors Top 17 quotes by Gold Panda It's nice to just do my hobby and be able to live. Gold Panda hobbies able nice I was really into hip-hop as a teenager. I dressed up like Tupac with baggy jeans and a dodgy bandanna around my head. I was pretty confused at that time. Gold Panda jeans teenager confused There's just so much stuff that sounds like Flying Lotus now - I really like what he does, but I don't want to be like him. The new stuff is more experimental. Gold Panda flying sound doe I want to move away from sampling records and just have it be quite minimal. I don't want any more hip-hop beats in there. Gold Panda sampling hip-hop moving I'm a long way off finishing the LP, but I've got an idea in my head of exactly how I want it to look and sound. Gold Panda sound long ideas Maybe I should disappear and not make anymore music. I mean, I think I'd take it really badly if I got slayed. Gold Panda disappear mean thinking I'm more confident in my music now because people are saying it's good - I'm trying to believe it, but it's very difficult. I don't know if it's going to end in disaster. Gold Panda trying believe people I usually find stuff that I hope no one really knows or cares about. If I'm ripping off something that's already brilliant, what's the point? Gold Panda brilliant care stuff I just got really desperate to pay rent. It was weird, man. I had to wrestle a fake pussy off a crack head once. Gold Panda pussy fake men I have loads of stuff that never came out because I really don't think it's good enough. Gold Panda good-enough stuff thinking I didn't have any intention of releasing any of the tracks I made. Gold Panda intention track made I understand people have to go to work and earn money and bring up kids, but I always thought, "Why can't I just do what I want to do?" Gold Panda want kids people I've always had a problem with authority. I just can't wear a suit - it would kill me. Gold Panda suits problem authority I got fired once for putting like a packet of biscuits through a fan - I was really bored. Gold Panda biscuits bored fans My uncle was a music producer and even he'd tell me to get a proper job. I tried to get him to give me five grand to make an album - it didn't happen. Gold Panda uncles jobs giving I've been making music ever since, but it was never something I thought I could make any money doing. Gold Panda I'm just really happy to be happy for the first time since I was about 20. Gold Panda really-happy first-time firsts Similar Authors Armin van Buuren music-producer Alexandra Patsavas music-producer Afrojack music-producer Deadmau5 music-producer Hudson Mohawke music-producer Glenn Sutton music-producer All Authors
