Gotye Professions : Multi-instrumentalist Born : May 21, 1980 Browse All Authors Top 22 quotes by Gotye 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. Gotye unknown-worlds hands way Often times at a concert, I just close my eyes. Music is very transportive and visual for me like that. Gotye concerts music-is eye 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? Gotye brain discovery thinking 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. Gotye ego letting-go feelings 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. Gotye rocks voice stones I could quite happily just make music because it conjures up a whole visual world for me in my mind. Gotye music-is mind world I quite clearly remember driving home at 9 a.m., after shooting all day, in a bathrobe, with bodypaint all over my face, and going through McDonald's drive-thru. I ordered a coffee to make sure I didn't crash on the way home. And the girl working there, she didn't even bat an eyelid. I guess it's a regular thing down in Hastings [Australia] McDonald's. Gotye coffee girl home All the records I've put out have had either artwork that I did while I was young or something that my Dad painted. Gotye artwork records dad You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness, Gotye sadness kind ends 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. Gotye song country people Have your friends collect your records and then change your number. Gotye records numbers Music makes me want to dance but I'm not sure that's something anybody wants to observe. Gotye not-sure want 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. Gotye never-quit vulnerable depth 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. Gotye lucky song directors I'm open to whatever. I think sometimes when people collaborate these days, it's a little bit convenient. Gotye littles people thinking 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. Gotye hook becoming thinking 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. Gotye journey song giving 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. Gotye albums want trying I quite clearly remember driving home at 9 a.m., after shooting all day, in a bathrobe, with bodypaint all over my face, and going through McDonald's drive-thru. I ordered a coffee to make sure I didn't crash on the way home. And the girl working there, she didn't even bat an eyelid. I guess it's a regular thing down in Hastings McDonald's. Gotye day coffee girl home 'Somebody That I Used to Know,' like a lot of the record, was a bit of a struggle to finish. It was written fairly quickly - I wrote it in November 2010 - but it took six months to find Kimbra and really realize she was the right vocalist to make the female part come to life. There were constant hurdles. Gotye know november struggle life Similar Authors Booker T. Jones multi-instrumentalist David Bromberg multi-instrumentalist Gary Lightbody multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson multi-instrumentalist Fela Kuti multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp multi-instrumentalist All Authors
