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Robert Del Naja Quotes
Robert Del Naja Quotes
Robert Del Naja
British
Artist
Born:
Jan 21
,
1965
Future
People
Strange
Think
World
You
I think the problem with the art market and the art scene is that it is its own beast. It thrives and breathes and defecates independently of the artist.
Robert Del Naja
Art
Problem
Thrive
Beast
Own
Think
Market
I Think
Independently
Scene
Artist
The Problem With
Breathes
I’m really excited by science and technology and the whole social media thing. I think it’s fascinating. But at the same time I’m wary of bureaucratic systems and managers.
Robert Del Naja
Time
Technology
Science
Social Media
Science And Technology
Think
I Think
Systems
Excited
Same
Managers
Bureaucratic
Same Time
Social
Really
Fascinating
Wary
Whole
Media
Thing
I don’t think I’ve got a problem with nostalgia, because a lot of the time things are self-referential.
Robert Del Naja
Time
Problem
Think
Because
Got
Lot
Nostalgia
Things
You can quite happily exist in your own version of the world built around you, which you can build for yourself.
Robert Del Naja
You
Yourself
World
Build
Own
Around
Built
Exist
Version
Quite
Which
Happily
Your
When you’re on tour. there’s a contract between you and the audience: do what you want, as long as you do what we want. You’re having to play with the past at every gig.
Robert Del Naja
You
Long
Past
Every
Gig
Having
Tour
Between
Audience
Contract
Want
Play
I stopped feeling nostalgia for the moment because I imagine myself looking back on it from the future, which really freaks me out.
Robert Del Naja
Future
Myself
Me
Feeling
Looking
Looking Back
Back
Out
Freaks
Because
Stopped
Nostalgia
Which
Really
Moment
Imagine
After touring an album, you have this strange void that follows it, where you feel slightly displaced, like you've just finished with the circus and you've got to find a new job. You think, OK, what shall we do next.
Robert Del Naja
You
Strange
Job
Finished
Think
Slightly
OK
Circus
Find
Follows
Shall
Void
Touring
Feel
New
Like
Got
New Job
Just
Where
After
Next
Displaced
Album
We resurrect 'Mezzanine' with a promise that we can break free from the data of the past and escape the feedback loops.
Robert Del Naja
Feedback
Free
Past
Promise
Data
Loops
Escape
Break
I mean, I love buying albums, I’m obsessed, but now you just click ‘add’, don’t you? And when do you actually listen to anything? You know, unless you’re in the car or you’ve got time to do that, it’s just not the same world any more in terms of concentration.
Robert Del Naja
Love
Time
You
World
Car
Add
Unless
I Love
More
Obsessed
Concentration
Know
Terms
Click
Got
Same
Any
Listen
Just
Anything
Mean
Now
Actually
Buying
Albums
If the EU and the US pressured Israel for change and forced the end of the blockade, we might get somewhere. That pressure should also come culturally, with from without and within.
Robert Del Naja
Change
Pressure
Somewhere
Pressured
Come
Also
Forced
Within
Without
Israel
End
Get
Might
Us
Should
EU
I guess that is what I remember of 'Mezzanine': it was a proper struggle.
Robert Del Naja
Struggle
Remember
Guess
I Remember
Proper