Thomas Mars Quotes

In France, anyone can use your music on like a TV show or whatever - they don't need to ask permission. It's almost like a child when it has its own life.

It's hard to write new stuff when the songs you have written before are still changing and evolving. It would be like building something when the foundations there are not really solid.

The basics of acting are really better in America than in Europe. Just the basic "fake laugh" is impossible to get in France.

Sometimes a sound gets overused. There is such a thing as a good saxophone, but it's like those fields in agriculture - they need to rest for a year or so. You need time to burn all the saxophones and start from scratch.

When I started writing, the first thing that came out was in English. I liked a few French things, but they were very overwhelming.

When you play in a band, you're in phase with people. When you're a DJ, you're totally off-phase. Your work time is 3 A.M. - 5 A.M. and I don't think you can connect. You're miserable the whole time. Whenever I see a DJ in the airport, they are always on the verge of crying.

There are different kinds of artists: the ones that inspire you, and the ones that overwhelm you.

I discovered that a lot of the songs I like, they're fantasies, a vision of something, but you don't actually live there.

It's hard to talk about love without sounding either cheesy, or revealing too much personal stuff.

Growing up in Versailles is like growing up in a museum, and the people living there are almost the security.

I'm a lazy guy. I can't focus for too long. I'd rather hear a record that has no filler.

In France a lot of songs were ruined by their associations with commercials. But so far no Apple commercial has ruined a song for me.

I think every artist needs a rule that's stupid but that helps him, like a deadline would.

My favorite albums are really short.