Best 12 quotes of Danger Mouse on MyQuotes

All I do is listen to music. It's a weird thing. It's like I have so much catching up to do. I've always been over my head. That's just the way I work best, you know. Like when you're studying for school you think, "I can only study when I have to study the night before." That kind of means you're lazy or you're a procrastinator, but for me with music it's a similar thing. It's like I've been over my head for most of my career so to speak.

Broken Bells reminds me how much fun I have making music.

Even with artists I love, only about a third of their music is what really hits the sweet spot for me.

Going back and forth between wanting to be respected artistically and wanting to move people is its own challenge.

I find that the kinds of music I’m drawn to are those that a lot of people take for granted.

I'm obviously really opinionated, but as a producer, you don't necessarily want the person you're working with to try to impress you - you want them to just be themselves. Then you can edit or mess around with what they've come up with. But you have to allow the artist that space.

In the end, I think musicians know that getting up in the morning and making music you love doesn't necessarily mean that you deserve billions of dollars or worship from anybody.

I was thinking that people have to believe you're crazy in order to take you seriously as an artist.

No matter how naturally gifted you are, it's your passion that's going to make you better and maybe touch some people.

Some people have been listening to the Beatles their whole lives; I didn't discover them until I was 18 years old. As a result, I'm still very affected and moved by their music - maybe in a way that's different from someone who grew up around it.

What affected me the most about the Beatles was that they were the biggest band in the world and they could have done anything they wanted.

When I dont have a good time making music, I think of quitting a lot. I really do. I can create something else. Ill do something else.