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- I like Drake’s stuff.
- I do this thing with my daughter — I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn’t think, and I did that to Flea.
- Roger Ballen is pretty much a member of Die Antwoord, it would be safe to say.
- In South Africa, we speak English and sometimes Afrikaans, sometimes Zulu, sometimes Xhosa.
- We don’t really think that much about what we do; it’s just fun.
- I would categorize Die Antwoord as pop music: extreme, futuristic pop music.
- Whenever we do stuff with Die Antwoord, it’s kind of like… I made a lot of music before this group that I’m kind of bored of and forgot about, and everything with Die Antwoord I really love. It’s the first time I’ve made music where, even the first songs we made, I really adore all those songs, and I’m proud of them.
- America’s got amazing presentation, especially New York — the most potent, strongest, concentrated, amazing presentation.
- We’ll support anyone who’s doing something fresh.
- It’s super trippy coming to America because we know everything about it — from music and film. I know what a Southern accent sounds like; I know what a New York accent sounds like.
- There’s layers to our stuff: Our top layer is like candy-coated pop, because we want to party and have a nice time, but we also have a lot of different human experiences and other levels present in the Die Antwoord experience.
- A rap dude has his rap persona, his hyper version of himself. Do you know Method Man’s real name? Or Elton John, Marylin Monroe? You make up this character. That’s kind of what we have done with Die Antwoord, playing with characters.
- I made a clean version of ‘Enter the Ninja’ that my mom can listen to.
- With a film, you can get into it and love it. With music, you can listen to over and over again, but with music videos, they’re like this short little stab.
- Zef is the underbelly of the Afrikaans culture, but it also, like, is Afrikaans culture.
- Ever since I was a teenager, my style around girls has been kinda like ‘laid back in da cut.’
- When I was a boy, I wanted to be a Ninja. Now I am a man, now I am a Ninja.
- I’m a Ninja. I’m not scared of death.
- People react to ‘District 9’ and Die Antwoord on the same level.
- Hollywood’s not knocking on our door. They’re banging down the door with a sledgehammer.