Electronic Music

""We enjoy that of course! It's our life!" t.A.T.u. on whether they enjoy causing controversy, CD:UK Interview, October 2005"

""We're just showing our reality. It's a pretty violent video. Every day a different young girl gets attacked. It's a problem. So we just want to say you have to be careful in this world." Lena Katina, in Steppin' Out Magazine November 30, 2006; referring to the 'All About Us' video."

""We don't regret anything. In general, it is never necessary to regret anything, whatever happens. Whatever you plan, things turn out differently anyway. It is simply not necessary to make illusions for yourself. There was no image. We always behave the way we want to." Yulia Volkova, on whether they regret anything, October 2005"

""Just t.A.T.u. Nothing else." Yulia Volkova on being asked what t.A.T.u means."

""We didn't tell that! That was gossip. Fucking gossip!" Lena Katina on the Frank Skinner show when being confronted about the "elderly" quote said about the German entry to Eurovision."

""We are international artists, but we are not international people." Lena Katina"

""Well, we’ve never done any PR stuff on purpose. Everything we’ve done is our own wishes. Vanya could never manage to force us do something we don’t want to. t.A.T.u. is not a product. t.A.T.u. is art." — t.A.T.u, 2005 for an Interview to the magazine «10 days» (Ukraine)."

""I love her greatly! I can do anything for her but I don’t manage to be always by her side. We need to tour. Should I drag her around with me? She’s in Moscow with nanny now. It’s okay. We have whole life ahead of us." Yulia Volkova, When asked about her Daughter and being a Mother."

""t.A.T.u is about saying what you feel, not what others expect. Be in love. Be yourself. We are." Lena Katina"

""There are other teenagers, some who are not straight, and they have lots of problems with parents and other people. We're helping them not to be afraid. That's what people like about us, I think. We're not afraid of anything. We just do what we want to do." Lena Katina"

""People are afraid of truth, People were like, 'You're not afraid that people will cancel your visas, and you'll never go to America again?' But we are provocative. That's our nature." Lena Katina, on the Hui Voine! shirts"

""That was just stupid. I don't know why they were afraid. America should be open, especially about love." Lena Katina, about the censorship of their kiss on The Tonight Show"

""Maybe we are having sex every night, but maybe not, We're still trying to figure things out, and we're not telling anyone about it. There are different kinds of love. You can love your mom, dad, girls, boys, friends, nature. I can't understand why everyone thinks we're lesbians." Lena Katina"

""We love each other, and we don't give a (expletive) what people think about our private lives" Lena Katina"

""There is a love of friends between us. Our slogan is to love and it's not important whom to love. We want to say that a boy can love a boy and a girl can love a girl. If all people would love each other, it would be easier to live in this world. If people are lead by hatred and evil, nothing good would happen from this." Yulia Volkova, Herolds Of Love Interview, Kroonika, 4 April 2006, Tallinn, Estonia."

""Lesbian image does not disturb us, because we are not lesbians. Yes, we love each other, but I repeat, we are not lesbians. We just show love between two girls, without vulgarities. Our behaviour has been misinterpreted. I have never had a girlfriend and I have never been in a relationship with Yulia. But it's true, that meanwhile Yulia had a girlfriend." Lena Katina"

""I like everything about Lena, even if she has some little flaws: sometimes she cries and yells at me. You know, I could kill for her!" Yulia Volkova, February 2006, French FHM interview"

""I like everything about Yulia! Nothing wrong there! She's my friend, my sister. I can call her at 4am and tell her that I'm not feeling well, I know she'll come over." Lena Katina on being asked what t.A.T.u liked most and least of each other, February 2006, French FHM interview."

""No. Just friends, not lovers. We never were lovers. We were always really good friends. We are like sisters. It's like, when you meet your friend, you can hug them, give them a kiss? Girls just do it more honestly. We never were lesbians, to be honest." Lena Katina, Interview with Gazeta Izvestiya, September 2005"

""What we have – is not even a friendship, it's much more. When people actually live together for ten years, you can't call it just a friendship. I take her more as a relative than a friend" Lena Katina"

""Our songs are about our love for each other." t.A.T.u. before they came out of the 'closet' as straight girls."

""We never pretended to be lesbians, its just what people thought of us." Lena Katina, 2005 Interview for Dangerous and Moving release."

""We never said we were lesbians, but everyone said that we were and now everyone said that we lied. We simply love each other." Lena Katina, 2005"

"I think someone should make a pair of jeans made of banana peel; that’s what I’m thinking. Instead of washing them, you just throw them away and they will decompose. Ideally, it shouldn’t be lots of banana peels – you should be able to make it in one piece so it’s one big seamless thing. They would be yellow, which is the colour of the insane"

""What first caused you to think to yourself, man, this is a great fucking job?" "When me, Han Solo and RoboCop had our first gig on top of the Great Pyramid of Khufu in front of 6 billion people. I was in the middle of my guitar solo when Wolverine shouted to me from behind his drum kit, “Man, this is a great fucking job!”"

"Forty-nine percent One percent short of half And less than half Ain't really much of nothing Forty-nine percent One percent short of half And less than half Ain't really much of nothing I won't try to dent your night Or stop your flight I've known our plight You know I'm right I know about your little fling How you hide your ring You senseless thing I'll cut this string The heat has simmered for a while It's not my style So versatile and with a smile At anytime, I could explode When you kissed your toad You killed your princely episode Forty-nine percent One percent short of half And less than half Ain't really much of nothing Forty-nine percent One percent short of half And less than half Ain't really much of nothing Bit off more than one could bite And the taste is slight It leaves this dullish appetite About time I've finally seen the light And said goodnight For the sling is tight We'll lose this fight In a corner painted white As you fly your kite I shun the sight, i've seen the light And now i've got to say goodnight You know I'm right Forty-nine percent One percent short of half And less than half Ain't really much of nothing Forty-nine percent One percent short of half And less than half Ain't really much of nothing I won't try to stop you flight Or chage your night or nothing Less than half Why won't you try To make this damage better Math and imagery Equates cacophony Multiplies muteness A sum better disturbed For silence subtracts And shadows divide light Less than half is slight Math and imagery Equates cacophony Multiplies muteness A sum better disturbed For silence subtracts And shadows divide light Less than half is slight The heat has simmered for a while The heat has simmered for a while The heat has simmered for a while The heat has simmered for a while The heat has simmered for a while Forty-nine percent One percent short of half And less than half Ain't really much of nothing Forty-nine percent One percent short of half And less than half Ain't really much of nothing I won't try to stop you flight Or chage your night or nothing Less than half Why won't you try To make this damage better Forty-nine percent One percent short of half And less than half Ain't really much of nothing Oh forty-nine percent One percent short of half And less than half Ain't really much of nothing, yeah The heat has simmered for a while The heat has simmered for a while The heat has simmered for a while"

"Only this moment Holds us together Close to perfection Nothing else out there No one to guide us Lost in our senses Deep down inside I know our love will die Only this moment Holds us together Lost in confusion Feelings are out there Scared of devotion Doubting intentions Deep down inside I know our love will die Stay or forever go Play or you’ll never know What heaven decided You can't deny it’s All you’ve been waiting for Stay or forever go Play or you’ll never know Your spirit’s divided You will decide if I’m All you’ve been waiting for Clouds in my head have been parted with grace By the voice of an angel revealing her face And her words they make sense and I do understand Falling in love isn’t part of a plan Forces within me mix reason with lust, but I’ll try to accept it and not make it worse 'Cause I know I might lose it by taking the chance, (But) love without pain isn’t really romance Only this moment Holds us together Close to perfection Nothing else out there Always beside her Trusting my senses Deep down inside I know love will survive Only this moment Holds us together Close to perfection Nothing else out there Always beside her Trusting my senses Deep down inside I know love will survive"

"No matter gray or grim It's those tiny little sparks Daily life that makes me Forget my wounded heart It doesn't matter when It may rain or it may shine Blurry memories of us Come back from time to time No matter gray or grim It's those tiny little sparks Daily life that makes me Forget my wounded heart It doesn't matter when It may rain or it may shine Blurry memories of us Come back from time to time No matter gray or grim It's those tiny little sparks Daily life that makes me Forget my sulky heart It doesn't matter when It may rain or it may shine But you will always be here Stored inside my mind Can I give you all my love Suck some air Tell me what I'm dreaming of Oh, whoa, oh... Maybe within a thousand years You'll be here Maybe within a thousand tears Oh, whoa, oh... Can I be so alone? Can I be so alone? Oh, whoa.. La la la la..."

"Hello? Yeah it's me I wanna give you some good frequencies 170, 2.6, 2245... Yeah 3032, 400 Four hundred? Yeah. I'm coming over. Do that. Hehe. I'll be there in two seconds."

"There's a new Röyksopp record out which is called Senior which I'm really looking forward to hearing."

"“I always listen to new music. I get new CDs every week from England and America. I prefer listening to new things rather than old, and so at the moment I’m really enjoying listening to the band Röyksopp.”"

"Apparently the original title of this striking debut was For Kids and Elderly People, and you can hear why: cornerstone hit Eple is likely to beguile any age."

"This is genius – it is no wonder they are laughing."

"This is the one that puts them firmly and officially up there in the top tier of the dance-music crossover-album crowd, up with the Daft Punks and, umm, Basement Jaxxes. Really: Good for them."

"It was me on that road But you couldn`t see me Too many lights out, but nowhere near here It was me on that road Still you couldn`t see me And then flashlights and explosions Roads end getting nearer We cover distance, but not together I am the storm and I am the wonder And the flashlights, nightmares And sudden explosions I don't know what more to ask for I was given just one wish It`s about you and the sun A morning run The story of my maker What I have and what I ache for I`ve got a golden ear I cut and I spear But what else is there? Roads end getting nearer We cover distance, still not together If I am the storm, if I am the wonder Will I have flashlights, nightmares And sudden explosion? There's no room where I can go and You`ve got secrets too I don`t know what more to ask for I was given just one wish (Why)"

"Röyksopp's album Melody A.M. is one of the best records ever made"

"Tromsø is a city with crime and dope, and with the nature right beside. You can sit by the sea, eat ecstasy, surf on the internet and eat seagull eggs. We have a half-naive love relation to the midnight sun and the nature in Northern Norway. Old people aren't the only ones who can claim that."

"On being asked about their favourite album in Röyksopp's discography:"

"On their album The Understanding:"

"On asked by KCRW about things that influence their creative process:"

""What's next for you? We are going to start a farm where we trying to make nothing grow. that's really difficult. That's gonna be a heavy work."

"When you do interviews it's not like you're a politician that people are going to say "Ahh, he didn't really answer the question". If you're an artist it's good to just not answer the question sometimes."

"The most annoying [pop star]? Well, that's gotta be 50 Cent. Why? I mean, because of the story that goes with him. This story, the story that sold him to a lot of newspapers. I just imagine a reader who's like 50 years old and who's really not into hip-hop... "But this guy, he's been shot 7 times then he must be good", and that story is just so crap so I instantly had a dislike of the whole package."

"I had this bow and arrow that my uncle had given me, and I found a knife and sharpened the arrows. It was a deadly weapon. And I killed birds, I killed a lot of polar bears. I went on a killing spree for days, killing every animal I could see in Northern Norway."

"I get angry when I have to read...Like if you put a DVD into a DVD player, and you actually have to read, that thingy, where it has the copyright control. And if that's on for like half a minute and there's no button that you can press that gets you through it. That fills me with double rage."

""Where would your ideal place be to listen to one of your own songs?". "I think, in a blimp. Over Antarctica"."

"Röyksopp is more than a band. It's also a transport system."

"Seriously, who was supposed to add the pressure? The record buying public? I don't think so. The critics? We're not afraid of them. Our mindset, even on Melody A.M., has always been to do our own thing."

"People have certain expectations of how a festival concert will be, with a vocalist, bassist, drummer and two guitarists. When the singer screams "Woaaaaaaaa", the audience must respond "YEAAAA". When we play live, we try not to be too clever and "arty". There shall be an element of party in what we do."

""I feel so unattractively enthusiastic about the new album"."