Moby Lyrics

Moby Info:

Birth name:
Richard Melville Hall

Born:
September 11, 1965 (age )

From:
Harlem, New York City

Height:
5' 8" (173 cm)

Genres:
Electronica, trip-hop, house, downtempo, ambient, alternative rock, techno, punk rock, chill out

Occupations:
DJ, singer-songwriter, musician, photographer, animal activist

Instruments:
Turntables, keyboards, synthesizer, drum machine, vocals, guitar, bass guitar, drums

Years active:
1984–present

Associated acts:
Mylèn

Name Origin
His middle name and the nickname "Moby" were given to him by his parents because of an ancestral relationship to "Moby Dick" author Herman Melville. He said: "The basis for Richard Melville Hall - and for Moby - is that supposedly Herman Melville was my great-great-great-granduncle."

Moby Awards:
2001
MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video ("South Side").

VH1/Vogue Fashion Award for Visionary Video ("South Side").

Rolling Stone Magazines Best Dance/DJ Artist of the Year

2002
MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography (Brad Rushing) for "We Are All Made Of Stars"

Moby Quotes:
I don't really trust men who claim they are not interested in porn.

I'm investing in a company that has patented wallet technology that will deodorize currency. That way people won't have to deal with money that smells funny.

I'm like a monk with a taste for hookers.

I'm not a particularly attractive person - 5ft 8in, stooping, with a receding hairline.

If I was a sex symbol, I would be getting laid a lot more than I am now.
In my own strange way, I'm a Christian, in that I really love Christ, and I think that the wisdom of Christ is the highest, strongest wisdom I've ever encountered, and I think that his description of the human condition is about the best description or understanding of the human condition I've ever encountered... I wouldn't necessarily consider myself a Christian in the conventional sense of the word, where I go to church or believe in cultural Christianity, but I really do love Christ and recognize him in whatever capacity as I can understand it as God. One of my problems with the church and conventional Christianity is it seems like their focus doesn't have much to do with the teachings of Christ, but rather with their own social agenda. So that's why I tend to be sort of outspoken about how much I dislike conventional cultural Christianity.
-Animal Rights liner notes

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