Danger Mouse
Danger Mouse
Musician, songwriter, and producer who helped Gnarls Barkley release "Crazy" in 2006 who also released The Gray Album in 2004.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusic Producer
Date of Birth29 July 1977
CityWhite Plains, NY
CountryUnited States of America
daft fit normally
Daft Punk wouldn't have normally fit into anything that was pop on the radio, but they just did it.
melodies music
I'm into song-writing; I'm into melodies that break your heart a little bit. That's the thing that got me into music; that's what I look for in music for the most part.
remix
After the 'Grey Album,' everyone thought of me as the hip-hop guy, the remix maestro. I didn't know how to show them otherwise.
classic name sad song
I often have an argument with people. I say name me a classic song that's not sad in some kind of way. And even if you can, you'll have to search pretty far.
drawn music people
I find that the kinds of music I'm drawn to are those that a lot of people take for granted.
create good music quitting time
When I don't have a good time making music, I think of quitting a lot. I really do. I can create something else. I'll do something else.
dorm-rooms rooms dorms
I started out really making music in my dorm room, and it wasnt really producing or anything like that; it was you making something.
passion people matter
No matter how naturally gifted you are, it's your passion that's going to make you better and maybe touch some people.
musician enough position
The musicians themselves don't seem to know enough about why they're in the positions they're in, so they're afraid to lose those positions.
kind figures ifs
If you know what kind of music somebody loves, then you can kind of figure out why they do what they do.
moving people challenges
Going back and forth between wanting to be respected artistically and wanting to move people is its own challenge.
gonna love older visions
When you're younger, you have ideas and visions of what you're going to be like when you're older and what love is going to be like and who you're gonna be married to and all of these different things.