I consider music like a mirage in the desert. You're obsessed with the ideal piece of music, and the more you think you're getting closer, it's not there.
Jean Michel JarreRead
If music is to continue to support the livelihoods of artists, it cannot be taken without the permission of artists.
Interpretation
Music should respect the rights of artists and involve their permission for use.
This quote emphasizes the importance of obtaining permission from artists before using their music, highlighting the ongoing need to support the livelihoods of those who create it. It reflects a broader concern about the moral and ethical implications of using someone else's creative work without their consent, encouraging respect and recognition for artists' contributions.
In practice
This quote can be used in discussions about copyright laws in music.
I consider music like a mirage in the desert. You're obsessed with the ideal piece of music, and the more you think you're getting closer, it's not there.
With electronic music, you are not confined to the acoustics of a concert-hall, and that inspired me to bring my performances outdoors.
For me, electronic music is like cooking: it's a sensual organic activity where you can mix ingredients.
I thought we had opposite visions of electronic music. Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk had a very robotic, mechanical approach. I had a more impressionist vision - a Ravel/Debussy approach.
Saying that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say.
The major rock instruments and classical instruments were designed for performance, for sharing the music with an audience, and then later people put microphones on them and recorded them. But for electronic music, the opposite was true - they're designed in laboratories, and later, we tried to put them on stage.
You have to make sure you have the characters you want. That's really the most complicated part.
Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference: beauty demands to be noticed; it speaks to us directly like the voice of an intimate friend. If there are people who are indifferent to beauty, then it is surely because they do not perceive it.
To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that.
I wanted to make pictures that felt natural, that felt like seeing, that didnβt feel like taking something in the world and making a piece of art out of it.
I have not lost any of my crazy, fearless, raw, soulful, eclectic side and I plan on continuing to tell universal stories in an unforgettable way.
I think producers are more interested in backing concepts than directors and writers. I don't think that's the right way of making a decision about whether you're going to back a film or not.
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