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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
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
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 don't want truth, Palmer; I want smoke!"
Captain Ahearn: Waiting For Willie Pete — Byron Edgington
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
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
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
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
Music can always serve a role in people's lives when it's emotional and warm and inviting and beautiful.
— 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 £120million and says, 'I'm unhappy today but if only I had an extra £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.
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
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