NASA is an utterly fascinating place, and the fact that the buildings look so anonymous almost make it more fascinating. You walk by a generic office-park-looking building, and you have no idea what's going on inside. Moby More Quotes by Moby More Quotes From Moby I don't sleep very well when I travel. And as a result, I tend to be awake in cities when everyone else is asleep. Moby results cities sleep I don't have children, but I imagine if parents are really pushed on the subject, they probably have favorite children. Moby favorite-child parent children I did a cover of the James Bond theme, and I felt like such a fraud, because the original is so good. Moby theme fraud originals When I listen to gospel singers pouring their heart out to God, it's the act of pouring their hearts out that interests me. Moby pouring singers heart I buy things with the best of intention of living in them and then life intercedes. Moby intention Have I dated a supermodel? Of course not. I'd look ridiculous. Moby supermodel ridiculous looks Growing up in Connecticut, all the Colonial houses looked alike. In Los Angeles, the diversity is so extreme, it's baffling. Moby diversity growing-up house For me to speak out against the war in Iraq, you know - most of my fans are lefties anyway, so I don't really get much flack for it. Moby speaks-out iraq war If I were to be really petulant, I would say New York is the one doing the betraying. Because the New York I fell in love with doesn't really exist anymore. Moby betray ifs new-york David Lynch is my friend, and I love his movies and his art and his music. Few things make me happier than working with him. Moby my-friends art Call me a nerd if you like, but I do find it hard to leave home without my laptop and a good book. Moby nerd home book I believe that the role of limited government should be looking after the needs of veterans, the elderly, children and those institutions that improve the quality of life for struggling families - I don't believe that government should bend to serve the needs of subsidized multi-national corporations and entitled billionaires. Moby veterans-day believe children Whenever I've had success, I never learn from it. Success usually breeds a degree of hubris. When you fail, that's when you learn. Moby hubris degrees failing In some of the greatest recordings ever made, the performance is a part of the recording. Dylan's 'Rainy Day Women No. 12 and 35' is all about the esthetic of that performance. You can hear the room. Moby rainy-day made rooms For me, New York still ranks as the most beautiful and the most interesting city in the world. It is also the most varied in terms of the things it has to offer. Moby cities new-york beautiful When I was growing up, I fetishised New York City. It was the land of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, it was where Leonard Cohen wrote 'Chelsea Hotel', it was CBGBs and all the punk rock clubs. Artists and musicians lived there, and it was cheap and dangerous. Moby growing-up artist new-york I can't think of any musician or producer who has influenced me more than Brian Eno. From when he was in Roxy Music, producing Devo, the Talking Heads and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Moby musician talking thinking I don't think there's anything wrong with not knowing how to play an instrument, but the rise of the non-musical producer has done away with musicianship and focused attention purely on the song's hook. Moby play song thinking I'm perfectly happy for my videos to be on YouTube, whether I'm getting paid for them or not. If they're on YouTube, people will see them. If for some reason my videos get taken down from YouTube, well, I apologize. If it was up to me they'd all be up there and they'd all be free. Moby video taken people I find London really exciting but there's a lot of vicious success here. Like New York, there's a lot of incredibly successful people who feel incredibly entitled, perhaps justifiably, but I don't want to be around viciously entitled people. Moby successful new-york people
