Moby
Moby
Richard Melville Hall, known by his stage name Moby, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, DJ and photographer. He is well known for his electronic music, veganism, and support of animal rights. Moby has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. AllMusic considers him "one of the most important dance music figures of the early 1990s, helping bring the music to a mainstream audience both in the UK and in America"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth11 September 1965
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I stopped drinking and realised New York still has a lot of charm, but it has become so bourgeois and affluent - and I can't really complain because I'm sort of bourgeois and affluent myself, but I like living in a place where artists and musicians and writers can actually pay the rent.
When 'Play' first came out, journalists didn't review it; it didn't get radio play. And then it became this big successful record and, I hate to admit this, I found myself liking the fame. I bought into it.
I'd much rather go out and have music randomly presented to me by different DJs than stay home and discover it on my own.
It's a very strange phenomenon being hated by people you've never met. Some journalists just seem to hate me and everything I do, and it's disconcerting because I've never met this person.
I love lots of different types of music, but it's music that has this up-swelling of beauty and emotion that is most important to me.
I like being vegan, I think it's good for my health.
No one wants to be hated, in public, by lots of people.
More often than not, whenever gossip has been written about me, the gossip is more interesting than the reality. I know some public figures hate gossip, but personally I like it because it makes my life sound more glamorous and interesting than it really is.
For my most of my career I've been a falling-down drunk. Most of my interviews were done hungover, and for a while it was great.
For me my biggest inspiration is trying to make music that effects me as much as the music made by my heroes.
I saw people around me who were falling deeper and deeper into alcoholism and substance abuse. It's seductive because alcohol is amazing and drugs are amazing, they work so well.
My biggest concern is trying to keep crazy Republicans out of office.
I love it when celebrities fall apart, you want them to fall apart like Charlie Sheen.
But at the same time, I don't let myself regret things to the point that I'm paralyzed.