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
thinking good-times quitting
When I dont have a good time making music, I think of quitting a lot. I really do. I can create something else. Ill do something else.
fun broken bells
Broken Bells reminds me how much fun I have making music.
bunch cool great people work
Basically, the way I do it is I get to work with a bunch of people; get a bunch of great people together, and you'll be able to get something cool on the other side.
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.
drawn music people
I find that the kinds of music I'm drawn to are those that a lot of people take for granted.
change finally people
I always thought 'Rome' would change things for me, that people would finally understand what I do.
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.
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.
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.
boards computers deal hearing mixing needs songs super work
I'm not really a knob-twiddler. I always work with an engineer; I'm not super hands-on when it comes to mixing boards and computers. I'm much more about what I'm hearing and what it needs to be like. I deal with songs and ideas and instruments.
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.
daft fit normally
Daft Punk wouldn't have normally fit into anything that was pop on the radio, but they just did it.
music stuck
I'd hate to have to leave music, but if I got stuck some place, I would.
dorm
The first two projects I did out of my dorm room were mock film soundtracks.