Goldie Quotes

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Goldie

Profession : Musician

Birth : September 19, 1965

Once you leave your ego behind and let the good light in, you shine good light back. That may be a bit Buddhist but so what.

Goldie

Pat Metheny's my hero, man. I've got so much from Metheny's music.

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Mother' is not just about the physical mother but the fact of needing to be mothered, needing to have something that surrounded me.

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Yes, I can be melancholy, but do you think I had Bing Crosby singing 'White Christmas'? I never had nothing. I didn't have all the things I wanted when I wanted them. I didn't have presents.

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I've grown up putting my suitcase down, making new friends, and then having to pick it up again, like 'Let's move him to another foster home in six months' time.'

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Goldie has been around a lot longer than his gold teeth, than the golden locks. Not many people know me. He was a Rastafarian... They know Goldie the player, like my boys in Miami, or Goldie the graffiti writer, or Goldie the guy on the estate with the gold teeth, but nobody really knows that little boy from school, you know?

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Timeless' dealt with the integrity of what drum'n'bass was about, but 'Saturnz Return' was the mischievous kid in me doing something completely the opposite.

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Saturnz Return' proves how important the mother issue was for me in my life.

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I couldn't carry on straight after doing 'Mother,' it was really hard. Getting my anger out was a catharsis but it was also selfish and indulgent.

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I was never very good at marketing myself, I was very good at being explosive and making sense of something in the chaos around me.

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I just get on and do things, because I've got my own fire and I don't need anything else.

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Saturnz Return' was very up close and personal, which scared people off.

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I love the Bay Area and I love San Fran. I don't know why I love it so much. Maybe it's the vibe, maybe it's the fault lines. Nah, there's something very special in the air out there.

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My life's like a sonar ping that bounces all over the place.

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Technology is not my master; when I use technology, I take it for a joyride.

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Music is far more than numbers to me - it's where I find peace.

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When I start a song, I have an image and a story. In many ways, it's more like painting than making music.

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I never start a song at the beginning; I always start in the middle, working with the original concept. That might be a loop or a vocal hook. A weird noise or a string sample. Once that's at the heart of the song, I work concertina-fashion, expanding the song forwards to the end and backwards to the beginning.

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Some people bought into the whole fame thing more than others, but I never did. I never felt I belonged; I wasn't confident.

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