Andrew W.K. Quotes

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Andrew W.K.

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 9, 1979

For me, music, in the truest sense of the word, is about making people happy.

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To me, life is huge and thrilling and exciting and explosive and loud. If I can make music that communicates that and reflects that, then that's an achievement.

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Greenpoint was where I had my first apartment on my own without roommates or sleeping on someone's couch. It was a really important time for me.

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I never thought I would be a role model for anything. But a role model for fun, I can do that.

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I want to be able to party for as long as possible.

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There's basically filth everywhere, and there's no way to escape it.

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Kids' shows appeal to a fun-loving mentality that I hope all humans, no matter how old they are, have some ability to relate to.

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I try to imagine what the greatest song I could ever write would sound like, and then try to do it.

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I was very fortunate to take piano lessons from a young age, and the only times that we were able to play on Steinways was at our recitals, which were really nerve-wracking. Partly because we got to play on a Steinway.

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The bloody nose was the album cover for my first album, but it's since become my logo.

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I've always had something about parking lots at night. They have a special appeal I think many people can relate to.

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I'm not proud of this at all, but I'm someone who has relied on business managers and accountants and career managers to run the whole bureaucratic side of my life for the last 16 years, so anything, from filing tax returns to paying credit card statements, is something that I feel rather fortunate to have been out of the loop on.

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The more we focus on what everyone else is doing wrong, the less energy we have to fix what we're doing wrong.

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I think J. S. Bach's music stands among humankind's greatest accomplishments. For me, Bach's music is not only as good as music gets but also as good as it gets, period - as good as existence, reality, life, and the world.

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I think it's so completely bizarre and arrogant for anyone to ever think that they could lose their innocence, because that implies that they have some sense, some idea of what's going on, and no one has any idea what's going on.

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I'm a guy who wants to party and have as many adventures as possible.

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I always wanted to be cheered up. I felt like that feeling of the first day of summer or when a girl would agree to go on a date or you found a $20 bill - that undeniable rush of excitement - I wanted to make a soundtrack of music for that kind of moment.

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I truly believe that listening to music can transform you into a better person.

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I always liked major-key music quite a bit, and that might have something to do with so many of the musical experiences of my childhood being based around the piano.

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Meeting someone who likes what I've made is like discovering a brother or sister.

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