Thomas Bangalter Quotes

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Thomas Bangalter

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 3, 1975

Usually, the 24-hour, high-maintenance celebrity lifestyle can disconnect people from reality.

Thomas Bangalter

When you look at C-3PO and Darth Vader and then look at the actors behind them, you can't really make the connection. It kills the magic.

Thomas Bangalter

The only secret to being in control is to have it in the beginning. Retaining control is still hard, but obtaining control is virtually impossible.

Thomas Bangalter

Initially, electronic music was anti-establishment, as punk rock and rock n' roll were. The music was shut down; the police were against the parties.

Thomas Bangalter

'SNL' is this part of American culture with a certain timelessness to it.

Thomas Bangalter

There's something in human performance that is very smooth and very fluid, and at the same time it can be very precise, and that can take a lot of time, trial and error.

Thomas Bangalter

A cello was there 400 years ago and will still be here in 400 years.

Thomas Bangalter

Synths are a very low level of artificial intelligence. Whereas you have a Stradivarius that will live for a thousand years.

Thomas Bangalter

There was a naive quality in 1982 around technology and the start of video games. And that's like the start of electronic music - there was this statement and, ideologically, these things to fight for.

Thomas Bangalter

Daft Punk would not exist if there was no technology.

Thomas Bangalter

Electronic music has definitely taken over America. There is more and more interaction with hip hop.

Thomas Bangalter

Technology is an interesting subject, people thinking: how much good, and how much bad, does it inherently carry?

Thomas Bangalter

I think 'Tron' is a good example of minimalism.

Thomas Bangalter

Music was segregated in the '80s, and then in the '90s the boundaries started to break down, and rock kids got into electronic music. But then you got this reverse snobbery where people would only listen to electronic music and not rock.

Thomas Bangalter