I always try to work hard and get things done as soon as possible, but never at the loss of quality of the product.

Chet Faker

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I love that way dance music can put you in a trance.

you music dance love

An album is like a book or a diary or a snapshot... It just feels so like the end of a chapter when you finish one.

diary end you book

I would consider my diary serves the same purpose as going for a walk or a run. They are all physical ways of clearing a mental landscape.

diary walk landscape purpose

Music to me is about being honest, and it's what I've always pictured music as. I don't see the point of expressing yourself if you are going to be cryptic about it.

yourself me you music

You can turn something into art just because of the way you tell people to look at it.

look you people art

Learning to appreciate those things that aren't related to success has proved the biggest lesson.

lesson appreciate learning success

I have had a pretty hardcore crash course on living out of a suitcase. Some people take consistency in their lives for granted. When you have little to none, you discover it's kind of a nice thing.

you consistency nice people

I think the most-played record in our house was the 'Big Chill' Soundtrack - so Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, the Temptations, Otis Redding. I think that's where I got my love for a good hook, a good soul hook - really smooth and warm and from the heart.

good soul heart love

It's like my parents' musical tastes are the mother and father of my music. It's their fault for making me so emotional and in tune with my emotions!

me music mother father

I studied audio engineering at university. The background I am from, music was never seen as a viable career; it was always a hobby.

i-am never university music

When I was 21 or 22, I realized I was never going to be something else - I had to be a musician. I can't commit to anything unless I love it.

anything something never love

I just love a slow groove. I feel so comfortable in it. But I listen to a lot of fast music, a lot of techno and house.

feel music house love

I have an addictive personality. I was addicted to computer games... and then all that obsessive nature just piled into music.

just music nature personality

I came second in a 1,500-metre running race at school. I knew I couldn't have come first, so second was my version of first.

come first race school

Sometimes I have to deal with trolls, and I just block them. But most of the time, Twitter's heaps of fun, actually.

just time fun sometimes

All of my friends are really good dancers, which was initially why I never danced - we'd go out, and they would kill it, and I'd be like, 'Yeah, I'm just gonna sit at the bar.'

never good go friends

I think you can move to everything, but with some music, you just want to sit still. That's me, anyway.

think me you music

On my Instagram, lots of people tag me in photos of just dudes with beards, and they're like, 'Oh my God, I met Chet Faker' and I'm like, 'That doesn't even look like me.'

look me god people

My high school career counsellor said I shouldn't pursue music as a career.

high high-school music school

I second guess everything I do musically, and I often could spend hours on, say, one snare sound.

guess say everything sound