Gotye Quotes

• 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

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• Often times at a concert, I just close my eyes. Music is very transportive and visual for me like that.

  Gotye

  Eye, Concerts, Music Is

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I could quite happily just make music because it conjures up a whole visual world for me in my mind.

  Gotye

  Mind, World, Music Is

  Source: www.elle.com

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• You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness,
  Like resignation to the end, Always the end.

  Gotye

  Sadness, Kind, Ends

  Song: Somebody That I Used to Know, Album: Making Mirrors, 2011

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• 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

  Song, Journey, Giving

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• 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

  Thinking, Discovery, Brain

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• 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

  Depth, Never Quit, Vulnerable

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Music makes me want to dance but I'm not sure that's something anybody wants to observe.

  Gotye

  Want, Not Sure

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• 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

  Letting Go, Ego, Feelings

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• Have your friends collect your records and then change your number.

  Gotye

  Numbers, Records

  Song: Somebody That I Used to Know, Album: Making Mirrors, 2011

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• I'm open to whatever. I think sometimes when people collaborate these days, it's a little bit convenient.

  Gotye

  Thinking, People, Littles

  Source: www.elle.com

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• 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

  Voice, Rocks, Stones

  Source: www.elle.com

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• 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

  Dad, Records, Artwork

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• 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

  Song, Directors, Lucky

  Source: www.elle.com

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• 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

  Girl, Coffee, Home

  "Gotye Braces For Stateside Success With 'Somebody That I Used To Know'". Interview with James Montgomery, www.mtv.com. February 9, 2012.

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• 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

  Thinking, Hook, Becoming

  "Gotye Braces For Stateside Success With 'Somebody That I Used To Know'". Interview with James Montgomery, www.mtv.com. February 9, 2012.

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• 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

  Trying, Albums, Want

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• 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

  Country, Song, People

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