Alejandro Ghersi Quotes

Venezuela, Disc Jockey
October 14, 1989

Alejandro Ghersi, better known by his stage name Arca, is a Venezuelan record producer, songwriter, singer, mixing engineer, performance artist and DJ based in London. He has released three studio albums to critical praise and has produced for artists such as Björk, Kanye West, FKA twigs, Kelela and Frank Ocean.

I exist in agreement with all the weird chaos, destruction, and agony that is undoubtedly part of the texture of being alive.

Alejandro Ghersi
- Chaos
- Exist
- Agreement
I think, with every kind of creature and every kind of human, there is no better. We're all just mutations, and I think that each mutation should be celebrated.

Alejandro Ghersi

I feel like every record I've ever made, on some level, is urgent.

Alejandro Ghersi
- Made
- Record
- Urgent
It's impossible to exorcise the darkness out of you. We can pretend it's not there until something bursts.

Alejandro Ghersi
- Darkness
- Bursts
- Exorcise
With song titles, I try to keep a healthy sense of humor while saying something at the same time.

Alejandro Ghersi
- Song
- Sense
- Saying
That's been a huge recurring thing in growing up - allowing two things to exist in the same space even though, instinctively, they might not be designated to.

Alejandro Ghersi
- Space
- Thing
- Growing Up
Compulsion is a behaviour that short-circuits you out of feeling ashamed, and then you feel triple-ashamed afterwards.

Alejandro Ghersi
I never judge my song titles; I just spit them out.

Alejandro Ghersi
- Song
- Judge
- Titles

When I work with other people, I have to try to make their vision happen. With my own, I don't think about it. The music has its own kind of agency.

Alejandro Ghersi
- People
- Vision
- Happen
I want to be interested in the music I make until I die. That's more important to me than the size of my audience.

Alejandro Ghersi
- Music
- Important
- Audience