Ariel Pink
Ariel Pink
Ariel Marcus Rosenberg, better known by his stage name Ariel Pink, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer based in Los Angeles, California. He is known for his musical eclecticism, influenced by 1970s and 80s pop radio and cassette culture. He first gained recognition after signing to Animal Collective's Paw Tracks label in 2003, where several of his limited-edition home recordings were first reissued. He has since signed to 4AD and released three studio albums on the label...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth24 June 1978
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I had a very active inner life as a kid. There's a good album or two worth of stuff that I can bring out on a rainy day if I have a loss for inspiration or whatever - even now.
I love to get to that place where I don't know what kind of music I'm doing; I don't know if it's any good. I don't know if it's anything. It's a big question mark. The idea is to have interesting results. That's my bottom line.
R Stevie Moore was obviously a huge influence and is still a very big influence in my life.
Do you know I used to pride myself on the fact that I'd never booked a show in my life, but that I'd played so many because I'd been invited?
I feel like I'm neither a girl nor a boy. I don't feel like a man.
I dont think I threw myself into music because I had the best intentions; it was because I was really angry.
It's not illegal to be an asshole.
I always wanted to get into rock music so I could cover up my real personality, change my voice, and create a false self to hide behind.
There's always room for improvement. I'm always focused on the results, and those are the precise things that I don't really experience as a part of the performance.
I get to live down my reputation for being cantankerous if I slowly evolve towards being a really good live show.
I have a strong impulse to protect history and time and the lineage of events.
I know when somebodys heard my music. I can hear it in their music.
The universe is expanding, and every second that you're alive, the universe is bigger than it was a second before. There's nothing in front of us, exactly, other than the future, and there's no space for the size, the density of the universe to go. Because it's expanding at every point simultaneously.
I love everybody. You have to embrace all facets of humanity; love and accept everyone as being part of yourself.