Giorgio Moroder

“I don't think there is too much art involved in what I do.”

“In film, I was surprised when I first saw the movie 'Drive.' I said, 'Oh, God. It sounds great - I love it. Wow, this could be the soundtrack from 'American Gigolo' or 'Cat People.' But I'm surprised that the director would agree with a composer to write that kind of sound.”

“I set a Google Alert for myself, and now I'm seeing people say my music influenced them and how great it is all the time. Sometimes I listen to this stuff that's supposed to be influenced by me, and I can't hear myself in it. But I'd rather they say it than not.”

“When I'm dead, somebody can write my biography. I wrote a national hymn, an anthem, which I don't want to present to that country. But I have a deal with my wife - when I'm dead, she should offer it, because then I'm safe.”

“Disco does work better with black artists or players. They just feel it more.”

“My music was typically continental - nothing like, say, The Beatles.”

“I listen to the group Disclosure; they have great sounds. Maybe not as adventurous as Skrillex. I think the key thing is to have those beautiful sounds... the amazing sounds of Skrillex are almost phenomenal.”

“I was in Studio 54 one time; it was great. But I'm not a discotheque guy. Sometimes, if I had a new demo, I went to some discotheques to check it out - see how the reactions of the people were. But just to dance, I rarely did that.”

“I had an idea for a technologically advanced luxury watch. I got involved in digital art and neon painting and put on shows of my work.”

“Even when disco went out, I could still make hits. Once I had so much success, every idea became concentrated. I had so much confidence. I knew how the bass should sound, what rhythms would work. The tempos I knew: 110 to 120 BPM. I knew they would dance in the clubs in New York or anywhere.”

“One of the most interesting things, at least for me, are the soundtracks for 'The Social Network' and 'Drive.' Basically, it's what I did in 'American Gigolo.' I could have done the music for those movies blindfolded. And one of them won an Oscar, and the other is this massive soundtrack.”

“It is at least 10 times more difficult to get a good synthesiser sound than on an acoustic instrument.”

“Phil Ramone is very special. Barbra Streisand or Diana Ross... they are the best.”

“I am certainly not racist; I even like the British.”

“I was involved with a sports car called Cizeta-Moroder, which was the first 16-cylinder car, beautiful. I think we sold about eight cars, and then in '92 the economic crash came, and we had to close the shop.”

“The disco sound, you must see, is not art or anything so serious.”

“I achieved something specially different with Love To Love You Baby and I Feel Love. These songs will endure.”

“In pop or rock you can make a fast song or a slow one, but in disco there is really just the one rhythm.”

“A producer is always behind the scenes, even more in the movies - nobody sees you. I didn't even meet most of the actors. When I worked on 'Top Gun,' I never met Tom Cruise. You were always in the background.”

“I am reluctant to judge things without being informed.”