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You Know, Like, There's Songs Like "valerie" And "bang Bang Bang" That I Was So Proud Of. And, You Know, The Level Of Success That They Had - If They Were Little Cult Hits Meant That, You Know, I Could Sellout Webster Hall Or Williamsburg Musical Hall Or The El Rey Theater In La. Like, That Was Having Made It To Me. So The Thought Of Having A Number One Song In My Own Career, Like, Never Even Registered.

-Mark Ronson

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You Know, Like, There's Songs Like "valerie"

Mark Ronson

You Know, Like, There's Songs Like "valerie" And "bang Bang Bang" That I Was So Proud Of. And, You Know, The Level Of Success That They Had - If They Were Little Cult Hits Meant That, You Know, I Could Sellout Webster Hall Or Williamsburg Musical Hall Or The El Rey Theater In La. Like, That Was Having Made It To Me. So The Thought Of Having A Number One Song In My Own Career, Like, Never Even Registered.

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I Think That That Spirit, Or At Least The Raucousness Of Maybe That, Is In There. And Then Yeah, Like, Along The Way, You Fine Tune It 'cause You're Thinking, Like, Ok, We Need To Now Turn This Into A Song.

I Got Into Dj'ing Because I Started To Listen To New York Radio A Lot. Obviously, I Knew The Stuff Everybody Knew, Like Beastie Boys And Public Enemy, But I Heard "who Got The Props" By Black Moon, And I Went Up To This Kid In My School With The Walkman On And Was Like, "what Is This? You Must Tell Me How I Can Get This Now." Because There Was No Shazam Or Googling Lyrics.

Then, You Know, The Other More-traditional Role Of The Producer In, Like, The Kind Of Quincy Jones Sense Is Kind Of Part Arranger. So You're Coming Up With, Like, These - You Hear These Songs That Are Quite Bare-bones, And You Dream Up What's The Band Doing? What's The Rhythm Section Doing? What's The Guitars, Strings, Pianos - That Sort Of Thing. It's Almost Like A Little Toolbox.

You Know, Like, There's Songs Like "valerie" And "bang Bang Bang" That I Was So Proud Of. And, You Know, The Level Of Success That They Had - If They Were Little Cult Hits Meant That, You Know, I Could Sellout Webster Hall Or Williamsburg Musical Hall Or The El Rey Theater In La. Like, That Was Having Made It To Me. So The Thought Of Having A Number One Song In My Own Career, Like, Never Even Registered.

And Then, Also, When You're Doing Something That Doesn't Sound Like Anything Else On The Radio At The Time, You Almost Need To, Like, Ironclad It To Make Sure It Gets Through, You Know?

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