A biography for Mike Pattonhasn’t been written yet.
“I really don't want to put more than a couple of records out a year, and I think that makes sense - on an artistic level, but also for my label.”
“I don't get too much enjoyment out of sitting around the campfire and looking at old photos. That's just not me. I don't get the thrill of doing that. So, I don't sit around listening to my old records.”
“I am constantly amazed at the musicians that are able to do the same thing over and over for 20 or more years. That would drive me absolutely insane.”
“From what I've heard, videogame soundtracks - obviously, there's less budget and all of that - it just seems like game soundtracks are farmed out among friends. And it seems like more of an afterthought. It's a videogame. It's much more background.”
“I think that first and foremost, a lot of turntable artists end up using really the same sounds over and over, and they really get recycled.”
“All time faves would be 'Smash TV,' 'NHL Hockey,' 'Grand Theft Autos,' 'NBA Lives,' 'Sonic.'”
“In earlier years, I was more of a clown with a big bag of tricks. I'd show up in the studio and kind of go, 'Well, what do you want? Do you want the screaming banshee or the howling owl?'”
“I had never been taken in like I was in Italy just by saying a few words. That made me feel like I had to put in the effort, and I want to be one of them.”
“I'm not in the business of suffering.”
“Orchestral musicians have a different approach than we do, and when I say 'we,' I mean musicians who don't know what they are doing.”
“There are so many ideas that I have in my mind, of projects that I would love to tackle, people I would love to work with, genres I would love to experiment with, and sounds that don't fit any of my previous projects that I need to find a home for.”
“You don't want to eat haute cuisine all the time; it's not healthy.”
“I don't like to use toilets - ever.”
“If I admire someone's music, I'll walk up to 'em and tell 'em.”
“I'm at a point now where I crave healthy musical environments, where there is a genuine exchange of ideas without repressed envy or resentment, and where people in the band want to be there regardless of what public accolades may come their way. Unfortunately, Mr. Bungle was not one of those places.”
“There's a danger in anything that is unfamiliar. That's the world we live in.”
“When you're young and creative, you don't know how to channel all that creative energy, so sometimes it goes to the wrong places.”
“If they're acting like a dog, sometimes you're forced to treat people like dogs.”
“If I was in a bad mood, then maybe I won't talk about it, but you're going to know about it somehow. If something was bothering me, maybe I would have acted a little bit like a child, meaning I go break something in a room.”
“Not all ideas are like a twinkling star in the sky, and you get inspired to make a record the next day.”