Quotes from Thomas Bangalter

Artists are overcompensating with this aggressive, energetic, hyperstimulating music - it's like someone shaking you. But it can't move people on an emotional level.

In 'Scream 2', they have this discussion about how sequels always suck.

I remember when I was a kid, I would watch 'Superman', and I was super into the feeling of knowing that Clark Kent is Superman and no one knows.

Electronic music right now is in its comfort zone, and it's not moving one inch.

It's very strange how electronic music formatted itself and forgot that its roots are about the surprise, freedom, and the acceptance of every race, gender, and style of music into this big party.

We have always been thinking about different ways to perform electronic music, i.e. music made with machines.

We're genuinely happy if some musicians of this younger generation are influenced by our music, as we were ourselves influenced 10 years ago by older musicians.

America is a new country, and maybe patriotism helps Americans create unity, since it is a melting pot. But nationalism in Europe has a strong history, as you may know.

You never know whether something will be good.

The spirit of house music, electronic music, in the beginning was to break the rules, to do things in many different ways.

When you look at C-3PO and Darth Vader and then look at the actors behind them, you can't really make the connection. It kills the magic.

Electronic music has definitely taken over America. There is more and more interaction with hip hop.

Synths are a very low level of artificial intelligence. Whereas you have a Stradivarius that will live for a thousand years.

Usually, the 24-hour, high-maintenance celebrity lifestyle can disconnect people from reality.

It's very strange how electronic music formatted itself and forgot that its roots are about the surprise, freedom, and the acceptance of every race, gender, and style of music into this big party. Instead, it started to become this electronic lifestyle which also involved the glorification of technology.

Daft Punk would not exist if there was no technology.

Technology is fascinating.

The concept of the robot encapsulates both aspects of technology. On one hand it's cool, it's fun, it's healthy, it's sexy, it's stylish. On the other hand it's terrifying, it's alienating, it's addictive, and it's scary. That has been the subject of much science-fiction literature.

In the history of pop music, a lot of great records cost an enormous amount of money. There used to be a time where people that had means to experiment would do it, you know?

There have been movies like 'Paranormal Activity' or 'Blair Witch Project' in Hollywood that showed you could do movies with little or no money. It doesn't prevent them from creating larger than life spectacles as well.

We come from a generation that wanted to make electronic music accepted, at a time [when] it was not.

Computers were never designed in the first place to become musical instruments. Within a computer, everything is sterile - there's no sound, there's no air. It's totally code. Like with computer-generated effects in movies, you can create wonders. But it's really hard to create emotion.

Skrillex has been successful because he has a recognizable sound: You hear a dubstep song: even if it's not him, you think it's him.

'SNL' is this part of American culture with a certain timelessness to it.