Eugene Hutz
Eugene Hutz
Eugene Hützis a Ukrainian-born singer, composer, disc jockey and actor, most notable as the frontman of the Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello...
ProfessionPunk Singer
Date of Birth6 September 1972
community cultures evolution folk goes inadequate language people racism savage separates speak
What we're making isn't folk music, but savage intellectualism. We speak a language of a new world community that understands cultures can relate. So people who still speak of nationalism and racism or what separates us, they are inadequate for this time. Evolution goes on.
thinking people floating
When you are working on something yourself, it's very easy to get lost because you are convinced that people think in the same way - that they will get these unspoken things that are just floating in your head. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't.
stupid thinking small-changes
Millions of small changes can be done, and through that, there can be a bigger impact because anybody can talk to another person. Anybody can educate somebody if they feel like their neighbor is stupid. It's more like "Educate thy neighbor, my friend." I think that enthusiasm, and not giving into lazy-minded cynicism, is where the potential and hope is.
economics
Politics don't exist, actually. It's just a cheap business. Economics is what makes politics.
vip rope way
Music is a uniter, so anything that has to do with VIP and ropes and barriers is not my way. Sometimes I have to deal with it, and sometimes I'm put behind those barriers, but I do all I can to bring it down.
song writing stories
One of my favorite things to do is to craft and to write songs and tell stories, and another thing is to really just flip out basically, and release kind of my unruly energies.
spiritual mean warrior
Being a warrior doesn't mean necessarily you need to win and succeed. It's just a spiritual condition of living a worthwhile life.
girl dancer want
Many girls want to be carnal with me because I'm such a premium dancer.
cannot escape folk found gypsy liked ukrainian
Everywhere, there was Ukrainian Gypsy and folk music. That's just how it is there; you cannot escape it. But I found that I liked it.
hold stepping
Just hold on just a minute. I'm just stepping in, you know.
bands black music people tapes western
You could get tapes of the Western bands on the black market. But it was not easy. And most people did not know this music existed.