Mark Ronson Quotes
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I'd been DJ-ing in these clubs in N.Y. and I hated everything that was coming out. So I decided I would make it myself. People were making mash-ups or remixes, but I was extra bored, so I actually started remaking these records from scratch.
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I used to be a serious sneaker addict, but I've moved on a little bit from those days.
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A 'GQ' award is kind of, like, insane. It's a huge thing.
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You draw the best things from your parents and family. You're going to pick up some of the bad things as well - there's a temper that runs through my dad's side of the family that I'm not especially keen on picking up a giant block of.
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I knew I wanted to be in music, but I didn't know my role, so I did everything from interning at Rolling Stone to writing heavy metal fanzines to playing in a high-school band, and I think all those things probably helped in a way.
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I didn't start making music in order to be famous.
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My grandmother always used to wear this English perfume called Tuberose and then she died and then I dated this girl who wore the same thing. Every time I hung out with her, I could only think of my recently deceased grandmother. So sometimes a signature scent can be good and sometimes it can be bad.
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I know it sounds really lame and hater-ish, but I think 2009 was maybe the worst year for music ever.
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I don't know if I'd ever sing a whole album because I don't know if I'd want to hear my voice for more than three or four songs.
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Sometimes I have to shut off the omnipresent disco ball and flashing lights that are always in my head. It's a part of maturing, I guess - just learning that it's not just always about a quick, easy fix of getting people to dance.
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I vaguely remember in the '90s when Calvin Klein started making unisex CK1. Don't worry about whether it's made for men or women. Listen, we all like to put mum's clothes on sometimes. What's important is that it feels right for you.
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I'm always nervous before starting a record because I can never sleep. I'm like, 'I have no good ideas, everyone is gonna see through me.'
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The cologne you pick should make you feel good when you go out with it. I think confidence comes across more than any other of our attributes.
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DJing is an art that I have the utmost respect for, and I've been practising it since I was 17 years old. Doing Tom Cruise wedding-type things becomes the focal point of every interview, and you realize that you have to cut it out if you don't want to be answering questions about that.
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I rarely ever respond to misquotes and wrong information. Plus, it only serves to bring attention to the matter.
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I had a somewhat frenetic childhood because my mum and dad split up when I was five, and then my mum remarried.
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I never studied jazz technically; I just know and love the music.
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I think I have an inherent modest level of stress, but I'm only super-aware of it when it goes away, when I'm on holiday and I think, 'Oh this feels pretty good.'
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I don't think I really make singer-songwritery-type music - it's not my strong point.
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My mother was pretty strict. I hated it, but maybe it made me a bit more sensible.
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My mother was incredibly strict, especially when we moved to New York. Compared with most of the American parents, who seemed so relaxed with their children, my mother was virtually a dictator.
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Stevie Wonder doing 'We Can Work It Out' by the Beatles is one of my favorite records of all time.
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When I started 'Record Collection,' I had no idea that it would come out sounding the way that it did, and that's one of the best things about the creative process, taking turns with the things you didn't know.
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Kids can make fun of you for having the wrong shoelaces: that's just kids. But I don't think I had any trouble making friends.