Thomas Mars Quotations

I'm a lazy guy. I can't focus for too long. I'd rather hear a record that has no filler.

There are different kinds of artists: the ones that inspire you, and the ones that overwhelm you.

I think every artist needs a rule that's stupid but that helps him, like a deadline would.

It's hard to talk about love without sounding either cheesy, or revealing too much personal stuff.

When you play in a band, you're in phase with people. When you're a DJ, you're totally off-phase. Your work time is 3 A.M. - 5 A.M. and I don't think you can connect. You're miserable the whole time. Whenever I see a DJ in the airport, they are always on the verge of crying.

It's hard to write new stuff when the songs you have written before are still changing and evolving. It would be like building something when the foundations there are not really solid.

When I started writing, the first thing that came out was in English. I liked a few French things, but they were very overwhelming.

In California, there is a strong tension between north and south.

Sometimes a sound gets overused. There is such a thing as a good saxophone, but it's like those fields in agriculture - they need to rest for a year or so. You need time to burn all the saxophones and start from scratch.

I think Björk is playing on the fact she knows she's eccentric and she accepts the fact.