"I would not be happy to do what I do unless I felt that the large audience wanted it"
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The intent is pragmatic: justify making music that aims unapologetically for mass uptake. In scenes that romanticize the tortured auteur, Moroder flips the script. For him, success isn’t contamination; it’s confirmation that the work is functioning. That’s the subtext that lands hardest in a producer’s mouth. Producers live in the less glamorous space between inspiration and impact: arrangement choices, tempo discipline, the surgical removal of anything that distracts from the groove. “Wanted it” implies demand, a market signal, but also consent - the audience isn’t a passive consumer; they’re co-signers.
Context matters: Moroder helped turn dance music into a technology of togetherness, built for clubs, radio, soundtracks - environments where a song either catches bodies or it doesn’t. The line quietly rebukes elitist suspicion of popularity. He’s not apologizing for accessibility; he’s saying the point of his work is communion at volume, engineered to be shared.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Moroder, Giorgio. (2026, January 16). I would not be happy to do what I do unless I felt that the large audience wanted it. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-would-not-be-happy-to-do-what-i-do-unless-i-91677/
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Moroder, Giorgio. "I would not be happy to do what I do unless I felt that the large audience wanted it." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-would-not-be-happy-to-do-what-i-do-unless-i-91677/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I would not be happy to do what I do unless I felt that the large audience wanted it." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-would-not-be-happy-to-do-what-i-do-unless-i-91677/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
