42 Mike D Quotes for You to Enjoy

Mike D

American Musician

Born: Nov 20, 1965

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I don't think about Yauch in the form of his death. I think about him in the form of his life. He was like my closest older brother. There's just so much that we lived through together. Mike D

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Dub has been a big influence in terms of production. It's inspired so many people and so much music - in terms of music where mixing desk was the instrument. Central to that is the echo chamber, and I think there's a little bit of a romantic thing there. Mike D

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Thinking about the cold weather in England... Don't be afraid to rock the David Niven look. Mike D

Weather Thinking Cold Cold Weather About David Look Rock Afraid England

Things change. I used to have a real resistance to it and hold on to things, but let things happen and go with it, and you will actually go through it, and it's a lot less stressful. Mike D

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I do really enjoy Jay McInerney's wine writing. He's a good writer. He brings his fiction-writing skillset. He's not afraid to put wine in kind of a racy context and speak very candidly about it. Mike D

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I grew up with a clock radio next to my bed. Mike D

Bed Clock Up Grew Next Radio

I don't like the George Costanza-style wallet. Mike D

Like George Wallet

I was showing up at the studio all the time with no bag, being like, 'I don't want to have a backpack. I've had backpacks my whole life, and I'm a grown man now. I should have something better.' Mike D

Yauch was a gifted MC. Mike D

Gifted

Each time you present a tour, you're faced with these questions of, 'How do you want to present visual information? How do you want to take the music that we're making on stage and visualize that?' Mike D

Music Time You Stage Visual Visualize Faced Take Tour How Making Questions Want Information Each Each Time Present

I wanted to create this dialogue between music and visual art and vice versa. No matter what part of the spectrum they fill, whether it's visual, music, or whatever, artists are interested in other art forms. Your brain is already kind of firing in that way. Mike D

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Obviously, there are moments that you look back at and cringe - things in the past involving violence or disrespect to women or disrespect to other people that are so far away from what I want to put out there now. But it's actually a privilege to be able to change and be making records that reflect that change. Mike D

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London cabs always dis me. I purposefully give them a good tip because I'm trying to straighten up the image where they don't want to pick up some shady-looking, bummy kid like myself. I'm trying to teach them that if you pick up the bummy-looking kid, you still get tipped, man. But they still jerk me around. Mike D

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There is an overall seriousness in tone that pervades 'To The 5 Boroughs.' Mike D

Overall Seriousness Tone

I'm always careful to even guess, at any juncture, about things before we do them. Mike D

Before Guess About Always Juncture Any Them Even Things Careful

L.A. is a town built upon segregated, individual fantasies. Mike D

Segregated Individual Town Built Fantasies

We're kind of doing what Bob McAllister did with 'Wonderama,' which is making people realize that kids are people, too. Mike D

People Too Kids Kind Making Doing Did Which Bob Realize

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