64 Quotes by Skrillex

I don’t like being overexposed. I don’t like being on covers. And I don’t like people talking about me.

I don’t really think about recognition; I’m not really involved.

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.

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!

Whenever I am in my videos, it’s rare. A lot of it is, they feel more live and hyper-realist, rather than fantasy. People would just be like, “Oh, Skrillex is acting in this video,” and it wouldn’t work as well.

I prefer the gloominess to the sun. I don’t know why.

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.

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.

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.