You make mistakes and you learn from them. Moby More Quotes by Moby More Quotes From Moby There are so many musicians, friends of mine, who play shows for ten people a night, or always desperately wanted a record contract. So even if every person on the planet loathes me, I have nothing to complain about. My job is not a bad job, so I can't complain. Moby play jobs night It's better to sail with a moody good captain than a laughing bad one. Moby sail captains laughing One can only snort so many ants and have so much sex before one starts to long for the comfort and companionship of a good book. Moby long book sex I read the New Testament, specifically the gospels and I was struck at their divinity, feeling that humans could not have figured this out on their own. We're just not bright enough. Moby divinity enough feelings The worst case scenario is you really like someone's work, then you meet them and they're a self-involved, entitled douchebag. Moby douchebags worst-case-scenario self Nothing can stop us now 'cause we are all made of stars. Moby causes stars made If someone writes a nice review of my record, I feel like I should take them out to dinner or go over and clean their apartment. Moby records nice writing Research performed on animals is, by definition, scientifically unsound. Moby definitions research animal I learned in the last few years that it's really unhappy and really unsustainable to try and base your well being on something as arbitrary as record sale and critical acclaim and the interests of the public. All of those things are so fickle. So my approach now to music is I want to make records that I love, and I hope that other people love them, then that's OK. Moby unhappy people years Britney [Spears]'s actually kind of like a broken-down shell of a human being, that's what makes her so endearing and compelling. Moby shells broken kind When I tour I'm going to countries to play music for people. My presence in a country is not an endorsement or a condemnation of that country's policies. My presence in a country is an effort to connect with people through playing music. Moby israel play country Why can't a democrat get fired up about protecting the environment and enacting gun control legislation just as right wing republicans get fired up about making sure that children have access to assault weapons and banning 'the Catcher in the Rye' and 'Harry Potter'? Moby assault-weapons gun children I was on food stamps until I was 18 and became an adult. Moby food-stamps stamps adults One simple word: ugh. Is something still considered a conspiracy if it's played out right under our noses? Moby ugh simple noses When public figures think they can open a business even though they've got no business experience, it's a bad idea. Moby figures ideas thinking In a perfect world, I would be 6-foot-3 and have a perfect head of hair and look like Orlando Bloom. Moby perfect feet hair When I saw music as a means to an end - more fame, more money, dating celebrities - that's when things have gone terribly wrong. Now my life is focused on just trying to keep making music. Because when it's really good, it's just the most remarkable feeling on the planet. Moby dating feelings mean In 1991 I did an interview wherein I described myself as a 'teetotal Christian,' which was an exaggeration, although I do like tea and Christ. Moby interviews christian tea If you look at someone like Joe Strummer or John Lennon, when you heard their music you knew that they wrote it and they cared about it. Moby lennon heard looks If there is true evil in the world - it is Republican conservatives. Moby true-evil republican world
