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It's almost like a sign of mental illness to base your self-worth on the opinions of complete strangers, you know? — Moby

My secret is being not terrible at a lot of things. — Moby

Many, many of my paintings have come from the first chapter of Moby Dick. — Robert Indiana

If you care about women's rights, you can't not vote. — Moby

A lot of times good, pristine recordings prevent the listener from getting emotionally involved in the music. — Moby

A vegan who beats his wife is far further down the ethical ladder than a meat eater who's kind to his children. — Moby

I've done the performing monkey stuff and massive breakdowns, it's just they weren't documented. — Moby

People who meditate and have a good spiritual practice, their immune systems are stronger. Generally, they are happier and healthier. — Moby

I love it when celebrities fall apart. — Moby

One of the nice things about licensing music to movies or advertisements is you can reach a lot of people who normally wouldn't hear music. — Moby

I think we're like farm animals before an earthquake. — Moby

Never have public feuds with anyone who's surrounded by people who carry guns. — Moby

Success usually breeds a degree of hubris. — Moby

I don't want truth, Palmer; I want smoke!"
Captain Ahearn: Waiting For Willie Pete — Byron Edgington

When famous people are nice to me, it feels good, so I'm happy to hang out with them. It's better than being at home, depressed, reading 'The Hobbit.' — Moby

You could spend every waking moment online and still only experience one-trillionth of what's out there. I find that a little overwhelming. — Moby

Command the murderous chalices ... Drink ye harpooners! drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow
Death to Moby Dick! — Herman Melville

Then there are actors my age like Ethan Hawke, he's in 'Moby Dick,' I love his work. I've been lucky. Alfred Molina, he has real class. — Billy Boyd

If you live on Nantucket, you can't avoid its history, and 'Moby Dick' is the way most of us get into Nantucket's history. — Nathaniel Philbrick

The most emotional part is when I go into my studio every day and pretty much never have an idea of what's gonna happen. — Moby

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

The worst case scenario is you really like someone's work, then you meet them and they're a self-involved, entitled douchebag. — Moby

Doing interviews and touring are two ways that I can try to bring my music to people. It can be tiring, but it's better than working at Burger King. — Moby

By being vulnerable, either with yourself or in the presence of another person, that's where all growth and ultimate well-being comes from. — Moby

I love lots of different types of music, but it's music that has this up-swelling of beauty and emotion that is most important to me. — Moby

The moment that you impose your will on another person or animal, that's when we are allowed to say you have committed an ethical breach. — Moby

But Moby-Dick is the explanation of America. It's not just a novel. It is a book of prophecy. It is the book. It is the book of America. — Robert Stone

When I can really open myself up to someone and show someone who I really am, it's amazing when it happens. — Moby

My records are fairly quiet and my dj sets are really loud. And then the live shows are like a robot soul revue. So i understand people's confusion. — Moby

There's no wrong way to meditate. And meditation should never be a difficult practice that leads to self criticism. — Moby

I hate metaphors. That's why my favorite book is Moby Dick. No frou-frou symbolism. Just a good, simple tale about a man who hates an animal. — Ron Swanson

The way I work on music is that I go into my studio, and I start playing music, and I see what happens, and ... I never think about it. — Moby

It's a tiny bestseller, but, officially yes. But, hey, most people haven't read Moby-Dick, so why the hell should they read my book? — Richard Linklater

When I do have time to work on music, I'm kind of selfish, and would rather work on my own stuff than someone else's. — Moby

Shaving your head is acceptable. It's when you start wearing toupees and brushing your hair over that things go wrong. — Moby

I see 'Ahab's Wife' as offering an alternative vision to — Moby

Growing up in Connecticut, all the Colonial houses looked alike. In Los Angeles, the diversity is so extreme, it's baffling. — Moby

A lot of my friends who grew up in Manhattan have a strange phobia about Brooklyn. It's big and scary and they get lost. — Moby

I love nyc. It's the city of my birth and probably the most amazing city on the planet. — Moby

My father revisited Moby a lot. Maybe it's because there's no other novel in the whole world that better captures the Impossible Standard. — Niall Williams

The truth is that genetics has robbed me of hair. But it's not interesting to blame genetics. — Moby

Whether the Virgin Mary existed, I don't know. But the human need for her to appear in tortilla, that's what inspires my interest. — Moby

I met Elton John at an Interview dinner, and we just sort of became friends. He's got such a wicked sense of humor. — Moby

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

I know it's simple, but my main inspiration is just my love of music. I know that sounds overly naive. But it's true. — Moby

I was trying to convince myself I could learn to be gay - but no. That's one of my great regrets. — Moby

One simple word: ugh. Is something still considered a conspiracy if it's played out right under our noses? — Moby

When public figures think they can open a business even though they've got no business experience, it's a bad idea. — Moby

Once the pathological low self-esteem goes, that's when things go downhill. — Moby

Music can always serve a role in people's lives when it's emotional and warm and inviting and beautiful. — Moby

I like being vegan, I think it's good for my health. — Moby

There is a lot of music in the world that I love that does not always get the appropriate exposure. — Moby

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

You know you're in a tough place in your life when you decide now's a good time to start Moby Dick. — Ben Monopoli

'Moby-Dick' really threw me. I read it when I was 14 and my best friends were books. It changed the way I looked at the world. — John Burnside

I remind myself that the universe is 15 billion years old, and I'm only 46 years old, so my perspective is sort of limited and fear-based and skewed. — Moby

Some of the songs I've made, I'm really disappointed in how I mixed them. — Moby

There she blows!-there she blows! A hump like a snow-hill! It is Moby Dick! — Herman Melville

Maybe it's a form of overcompensation, but whenever I've toured, I've always needed a huge performance component. — Moby

Melville's Moby-Dick - — John Irving

Under no circumstances do I ever want to see any part of me having sex! I wouldn't want to see video tape, pictures, in the mirror, nothing. — Moby

Though in many of its aspects this visible world seems formed in love, the invisible spheres were formed in fright. — Moby

Whereas for me, touring tends to be a very strange and isolating experience. — Moby

In graduate school, I was a student of E.L. Doctorow, and he had us read 'Moby-Dick' in a week. — Garth Risk Hallberg

I find myself for whatever reason unable to live in the apartment I renovate and have to sell. — Moby

I truly don't judge other people's actions. But I think that factory farming is an abomination. — Moby

It will be interesting to see what the long term fruits of our national apathy will be, 'cos so far they've been pretty foul. — Moby

I have nothing against bombastic music, but when it comes to making albums, I'd prefer to make music that has a sort of vulnerable subtlety to it. — Moby

Punishing people for listening to music is exactly the wrong way to protect the music business. — Moby

As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of making music is to get it heard by as many people as possible. — Moby

I think the word 'blog' is an ugly word. I just don't know why people can't use the word 'journal.' — Moby

Because we find something distasteful is not justification enough for us to deem it criminal. — Moby

Music is just air moving around. — Moby

There is nothing terribly wrong with my face, even if some of its parts aren't very inspiring. — Moby

I like my coffee like I like my romantic partners: cold and bitter and prone to giving me anxiety attacks. — Moby

Luckily almost no one buys music anymore, so selling music doesn't really affect any of my professional decisions. — Moby

When I say, 'I love Christ and love the teachings of Christ,' I mean that in the most simple and naive way. I'm not saying I'm right. — Moby

I'm not Catholic but the Virgin Mary fascinates me because she's like a folk hero. — Moby

I just want to try - on a daily basis keep trying - to make music that I really love. — Moby

The main thing that excites me and makes me want to get out of bed is the thought of being able to go into my studio to work on music. — Moby

I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer. — Moby

I'd much rather go to a Banksy art show than a Moby art show. My art is painfully naive. — Moby

As long as the world continues to be strange and interesting, I still want to take pictures of it. — Moby

To choose one type of music at the exclusion of another would feel kind of sad and arbitrary. — Moby

New York has inspired more remarkable music than any other city I can think of. — Moby

I'm pretty much a realist. There's a certain age you get to when you're not really going to be shown anymore. — Moby

I held a beautiful leather-bound copy of Moby Dick in one hand and my Moby dick in the other. — Nick Pageant

I've made records that everyone has hated and I've loved, and made records that everyone has loved and I've deemed, at best, mediocre. — Moby

I like singing, but it's certainly not my strong point. — 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

Who wakes up when they're worth Â£120million and says, 'I'm unhappy today but if only I had an extra Â£2million!' — Moby

When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce. — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Nothing can stop us now 'cause we are all made of stars. — Moby

When I became a vegan in 1987, in one fell swoop I extended my life expectancy and annoyed most of the people in my life - my mom most of all. — Moby

I'd much rather go out and have music randomly presented to me by different DJs than stay home and discover it on my own. — Moby

I buy things with the best of intention of living in them and then life intercedes. — Moby

When someone comes to me and says the music I've made has affected them emotionally, that's the most gratifying part of my job. — Moby

I love Eminem, I love Moby. Why can't we just be friends? — Chris Kirkpatrick

I love going on tour and playing music for people. — Moby

Keep your weather eye open, and sing out every time. — Moby