Dave Sitek Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I think that there's something really powerful about the sun and its effect on the human psyche. I lived in a place with no windows for twelve years.”

“I'm a behind-the-scenes guy. I've got a face for radio.”

“If we can move together as a species, I think that there is a possibility that we can make the world a better place.”

“Somewhere along the line, music became 'content'... It's my full intention to bring it back to music again! I believe in the power of song.”

“I don't think that TV on the Radio is some dark mysterious band that no one can know about. We write music because it's an immediate form of communication. We're able to put on record what's happening in our times, and we want that message to be heard by the most amount of people.”

“I moved to L.A. after my landlord in Brooklyn tripled my rent. I spent months looking for other places to move to in New York, then one day I was in California eating a grapefruit, and I was like, 'This is what they taste like?' So I decided to move to L.A. and build a studio in my house.”

“I work very closely with my publisher and just give them tons and tons of music, and then they link that with different songwriters and stuff. I'm basically a workaholic. So, I figured I might as well just start working outside.”

“I'm not a big equipment guy; I think that people are a little bit shocked by that. I really don't care about gear in general. I care about people and their intentions to make music - it doesn't matter what equipment you have.”

“Pop belonged to more musical people in earlier times, but we've sort of gotten away from that. Now it's software people. I kind of feel like reclaiming it is in order.”