Kevin Parker With ‘Innerspeaker’ I was trying to do these hypnotic ’60s grooves, but it was so hypnotic and repetitive that they sounded like they were sampled. It was making electronic sampled music but using real instruments to do it. – Kevin Parker Electronic Quotes Grooves Quotes Hypnotic Quotes Innerspeaker Quotes Instruments Quotes Music Quotes Real Quotes Repetitive Quotes Sampled Quotes Sounded Quotes I hate when bands make beige, middle-of-the-road music. I guess you can say ‘Lonerism’ is the war on beige music. I wanted to make something that, from the sound of it, could be down at the club. I just realised that I’d never heard Tame Impala played somewhere with a dance floor or where people were dancing.
Chen-Ning Yang In the latter half of the last century the impact of the expanding influence of Western culture and economic system brought about in China a severe conflict. – Chen-Ning Yang
Gina Rodriguez I felt very vulnerable after ‘Sleeping with the Fishes’; I gained weight for the role. I felt a bit out of my skin in the movie, and it was hard to watch. – Gina Rodriguez
Jamais Cascio Sustainability is a seemingly laudable goal – it tells us we need to live within our means, whether economic, ecological, or political – but it’s insufficient for uncertain times. How can we live within our means when those very means can change, swiftly and unexpectedly, beneath us? – Jamais Cascio
Christopher Buckley As you know, divorce is still not allowed in the Catholic Church. But here insert a large ‘however’ – she is liberal in the granting of annulments. – Christopher Buckley
Andra Day Musically, I try not to box things in. I try to just play around this spectrum of influences: soul, jazz, and hip-hop. – Andra Day
Magnus Carlsen Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport. – Magnus Carlsen
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