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I like to blur the line between remix and cover version and new song.

— Dev Hynes

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I like to do cover songs if I really love them, I have to love the song first.

— Paul Taylor

The difference between doing a remix and an original track is that when you do a remix, you obviously already have the original track as a starting point. But with the originals you start from scratch.

— Kygo

If you remix, people want to tap into your sound. If you keep that to yourself, it makes the sound more special.

— Tiesto

I think remixes give songs more life.

— Big Boi

Whenever I hear somebody cover a song, I don't like to hear it stray too far from the original. I like to hear some of the new energy that a band will put into it, but you kind of want to hear some of the basic parts of the song. I mean, that's what makes it the song that you like.

— Joe Perry

I don't want to say I hate remixes, because I don't, but I hate what instantly comes to mind now when people say 'remixes.'

— Dev Hynes

There are so many songs out there in the world that - if I know we have to come up with a new cover, then I'll just sit in my room and sing song after song and figure out which one I can kind of sing the best.

— Britt Daniel

Sometimes, a remix is good because it reaches a whole new generation. But when it gets too much, it's irritating. Also, the original composer needs to be credited properly.

— A. R. Rahman

✗Opposing Perspectives

My idea of covers is that you should never cover a song and do it exactly like the artist because everyone's always going to compare it to the way the original artists did it, and they're just going to go, 'Oh I like the original better.'

— Glenn Danzig

Cover versions, that's my forte, that's all I ever used to do. When you play your own songs, it's quite scary, 'cause I'm quite honest and open, they can be very revealing. But covers, I don't have to think about, just get me up there!

— Ellie Goulding