Quotes by Chet Faker

About Chet Faker:

Nicholas James Murphy is an Australian electronica musician. In 2012 he signed to Downtown Records in the United States and issued an extended play, Thinking in Textures. In October that year he won Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Thinking in Textures won Best Independent Single/EP at the Australian Independent Records Awards.
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You can turn something into art just because of the way you tell people to look at it.

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You can't rush an art form.

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I don't start my show at 200%. I like to go in slow, warm up the crowd, and bring them along with me. To hear everyone singing along is so great.

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On my Instagram, lots of people tag me in photos of just dudes with beards, and they're like, 'Oh my God, I met Chet Faker' and I'm like, 'That doesn't even look like me.'

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It was definitely hard when I first started, and by no means do I consider my live show to be where I want it to be; it will develop step by step for the rest of my life.

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Learning to appreciate those things that aren't related to success has proved the biggest lesson.

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I just love a slow groove. I feel so comfortable in it. But I listen to a lot of fast music, a lot of techno and house.

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I love that way dance music can put you in a trance.

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When I was 21 or 22, I realized I was never going to be something else - I had to be a musician. I can't commit to anything unless I love it.

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I love performing. The more I do it, the more I grow into it.

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Ultimately, I love making music more than anything. And I want to do that for ever. I don't want be on the top. I just want to keep doing what I'm doing.

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An album is like a book or a diary or a snapshot... It just feels so like the end of a chapter when you finish one.

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I came second in a 1,500-metre running race at school. I knew I couldn't have come first, so second was my version of first.

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I second guess everything I do musically, and I often could spend hours on, say, one snare sound.

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I'd wear all APC if I could afford it and wasn't embarrassing to go head-to-toe in one brand.

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I would consider my diary serves the same purpose as going for a walk or a run. They are all physical ways of clearing a mental landscape.

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I'm a humanist at heart: at the end of the day, we are all human beings.

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That's what helps me keep playing: the idea of giving something to others. Because personally, I've had my fill.

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All my ego wants is to be sitting by a lake in Italy. It doesn't want to be backstage, warming up.

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I think that connection with humans is so important. Sometimes I'll do this monologue and talk to the crowd, like, 'Come on, let's really connect here.' I don't think a lot of people understand it's a two-way exchange. Some people go to a show and ar...

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Author Bio

  • NameChet Faker
  • DescriptionSinger
  • BornJune 23, 1988
  • CountryAustralia
  • ProfessionSinger