Ariel Pink – Quotes

I was been raised

I was been raised to believe I was an artist. I believed what my parents said and fulfilled it, like a prophecy. Ariel Pink

I know when somebodys

I know when somebodys heard my music. I can hear it in their music. Ariel Pink

I backed up all

I backed up all my pictures on my iCloud so you can’t see me when I die / I left my body somewhere down in Mexico / Give ‘Find My iPhone’ app a try. Ariel Pink

I look suspicious if

I look suspicious if I dress in sort of benign clothes, going to the airport. Ariel Pink

When making a record, I could done a new face pretty easily and use all these different devices to hide who I am – or who I was – which really had very little to do with what I was trying to convey. Ariel Pink

That’s really what keeps

That’s really what keeps me playing live – appreciation. And I guess I’ve made a lot of wiggle room for myself to try different things and discover what I’m doing, and the audience accepts it. Ariel Pink

I do enjoy my

I do enjoy my solo time … I want to stay home and do soundtracks and watch TV in my underwear with a keyboard on my lap and just be a couch potato. Ariel Pink

I still have a

I still have a very nonintellectual, nonjudgmental relationship with melody and the music as I hear it all in my head. Ariel Pink

The world is full

The world is full of bands and bullshit, and if I’m doing a stupid art project like rock ‘n’ roll then I want to spare my audience as much as possible. Ariel Pink

I think about music

I think about music in the way that I heard music as a kid – like, Oh my god, there’s this weird rubbery ball of undulating things. Ariel Pink