There's been not a dime spent on marketing for any record I've ever put out. Skrillex More Quotes by Skrillex More Quotes From Skrillex I never set out to be part of a genre, because I listen to all types of music. Skrillex genre type Obstacles are an opportunity to create something new Skrillex obstacles something-new opportunity The greatest gift of all time is that you can make creation infectious because people spend less time being negative If you log all the time with negativity in the while world, I wonder how much better the world would be if people sat down and did something positive. It spirals. Skrillex negativity people negative I don't care about having money. It's about being happy, man. Skrillex happy-man care men To me, it's always a joy to create music no matter what it takes to actually get there. The real evils are always whatever stops you from doing that - like if your CPU is spiking and you have to sit there and bounce all your MIDI to audio. Now that's annoying! Skrillex real evil joy There is a lot of music out there that you can play side by side and you can't hear the personality - that has a timeline on it, for sure. Skrillex personality sides play I prefer the gloominess to the sun. I don't know why. Skrillex knows sun I remember seeing the full Daft Punk pyramid show in 2007. I went alone, drove up in my Honda Fit, bought a ticket off a scalper for $150, got on the floor, and had the best time of my life. I didn't have a drink, no drugs. But I was high out of my mind. It changed my life. Skrillex drug pyramids mind I don't like being overexposed. I don't like being on covers. And I don't like people talking about me. Skrillex talking-about-me talking people If I can win grammys then that means all you yet to be seen bedroom geniuses will one day TAKEOVER THE WORLD Skrillex one-day winning mean I don't like hype cluttering art. Skrillex hype art An artist creates songs and timeless moments that are reflections that impact culture, and you can do that in any way - with guitars, ukelele, a computer. So, that will never die. It's always the artist behind the computer, not the computer. Skrillex artist reflection song Fantasy is hard to do when it comes to making it look good compared to something that's a documentary or hyper-realism. Skrillex documentaries fantasy looks The people who I grew up making music with, we've all grown up and become successful in different ways. My manager supported me since I was 16 and believed in me as a musician. He's been there since Day 1, and there's so much to be said about doing something with people that you love. Skrillex successful love people I'm always on tour, so I'm always trying new tracks out live before they're released. That's more necessity than anything, because I don't get a proper chance to sit in a studio and work on tracks like other producers do. Skrillex always-trying track chance I book myself tight. If I have any time off, I get antsy. Skrillex time-off ifs book I think phone cases will always be novelties, but there's always so many interesting phone cases I like phone cases and I think the sillier the better - but this is a cool take on it. Skrillex phones interesting thinking No one worries about genre when they're dancing. They're not asking themselves, 'Is this song a dubstep song?' Skrillex dancing worry song With 'Bangarang,' I didn't make any announcement, no campaign. I just put it on my Facebook and some other places. That's how I've done everything with my previous records. I've always kept it organic. Skrillex records campaigns done Hip-hop and electronic music are so similar, in the fact that they're both very visceral, have so much bass; a lot of times, it's the same tempos. The culture and some of the sound design is different but a lot of times, it's the same stuff. Skrillex hip-hop design facts
