Author: Jamie xx

Quotes

It's not like I force myself to think of sad things, but... it's more that I make music because it makes me happy.

It's not like I force myself to think of sad things, but... it's more that I make music because it makes me happy.

- Jamie xx

I'm a mess. My house is full of records, and my computer... I can't find the things that I want. But it usually seems to work out.

I'm a mess. My house is full of records, and my computer... I can't find the things that I want. But it usually seems to work out.

- Jamie xx

I can make something for a long time and just not come up with an ending. It's finishing things that I don't enjoy.

I can make something for a long time and just not come up with an ending. It's finishing things that I don't enjoy.

- Jamie xx

I don't feel like I'm very good at making music.

I don't feel like I'm very good at making music.

- Jamie xx

I play vinyl and CDs. Playing vinyl is the best sound quality you can get playing music loudly, so that's the main reason I do that.

I play vinyl and CDs. Playing vinyl is the best sound quality you can get playing music loudly, so that's the main reason I do that.

- Jamie xx

For some producers who are technical-minded, making the song sound good is easy, and getting the emotion into the song is harder.

For some producers who are technical-minded, making the song sound good is easy, and getting the emotion into the song is harder.

- Jamie xx

All music is escapism for me, but I like the way that, on a good night, that sense of escapism can be shared.

All music is escapism for me, but I like the way that, on a good night, that sense of escapism can be shared.

- Jamie xx

My parents' record collection was the music I was hearing as long as I can remember, and I would play Otis Redding over and over again.

My parents' record collection was the music I was hearing as long as I can remember, and I would play Otis Redding over and over again.

- Jamie xx

A lot of new genres were being born at the time I started going out to clubs in South London, and I was part of an exciting movement that has now blown up around the world.

A lot of new genres were being born at the time I started going out to clubs in South London, and I was part of an exciting movement that has now blown up around the world.

- Jamie xx

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