29 Porter Robinson Quotes for You to Enjoy

Porter Robinson

American Musician

Born: Jul 15, 1992

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So, the concept was a single-stage festival, and I open and close the festival to encourage people to stay for all of the other artists. Porter Robinson

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I'm releasing more music as Virtual Self, I'm definitely going to be touring Virtual Self. Porter Robinson

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There are a lot of people who wonder why Japan is a pretty consistent influence in my music, and I think it's because the reason I started writing - my intro to electronic music was Japanese music. Porter Robinson

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If I could turn it on like a faucet then I think it would be kind of unearned. I feel like you need to struggle a little bit to make anything good. Porter Robinson

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My studio was lo-fi by necessity; I was fourteen with no reliable income. Porter Robinson

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I think it's important to form a connection with an audience to a point, but I also feel like there's an instructive element to what you're doing. And I think it's necessary to challenge people. Porter Robinson

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As much as early 2000s aesthetics are something I was pining for and very much love, I would occasionally struggle to find one singular image or one singular site that summed up all of my memories really well. Porter Robinson

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Star Wars Galaxies' didn't ever explain itself to you. It was horribly broken; it was glitchy in several significant ways. It was just this vast, expansive, beautiful universe with all these crazy idiosyncrasies. Porter Robinson

It was more than enough, but I'm completely satisfied that 'Virtual Self' got nominated for the Grammy. That is a complete victory for the project in my mind and anything else is just bonus. Porter Robinson

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If you trust your instincts and it doesn't turn out right, OK. But if you compromise and defer to what somebody else is telling you and it doesn't work out, that feeling gnaws at me. Porter Robinson

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But to me, 'Worlds' is meant as kind of an appreciation of fiction and stories and escapism and fantasy. Porter Robinson

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I spend a good deal of time doing, for anxiety what's known as exposure therapy where basically you're supposed to confront things that cause you anxiety and learn to tolerate. It's all about learning to tolerate discomfort rather that avoiding anything that might make you feel uncomfortable. Porter Robinson

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The one thing you can't control is what comes after what you release. Porter Robinson

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I just want the truth about it, because if the reality is that electronic music festivals are significantly more dangerous than other festivals, then something should be done about it, and that warrants conversation. Porter Robinson

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I'm mostly known for writing electro and aggressive bangery house music. But before I started making electro, and while I was making electro, this sort of gushy, make-the-ravers-cry sort of sentimentality is so important to me. Porter Robinson

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I was still on track to go UNC at Chapel Hill, I had no plans to be a musician. It wasn't even a goal of mine. Then I had this song that blew up and went viral and suddenly I found myself playing shows and having this music career. Porter Robinson

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I think not having come from the DJ world was an asset to me at first because I didn't have some of the habits other DJs had, and I think in a way that set me apart. Porter Robinson

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An underexplored reason why nostalgic art is worthwhile is that it influences the way the past is remembered. Porter Robinson

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