My mum especially listens to music in a way that is incredibly feelings-based. There’s virtually no snobbery about what sounds are in it, she just wants to hear a song and that is quite refreshing. James Blake Read Quote
I’ve been really trying to hone the art of songwriting in a way that doesn’t follow any sort of guideline. James Blake Read Quote
The level on which Japan seems to have picked up on my music seems to be on a more abstract level. James Blake Read Quote
At some stage in the process, most mainstream pop records are being manipulated and possibly completely rebuilt on a computer, with a visual program. James Blake Read Quote
It really surprises me that people in this day and age still write such busy music and fill up every space with layer upon layer of sound… it’s like musical landfill. James Blake Read Quote
I think the music that you make, often it’s even better if you identify with other people. James Blake Read Quote
I never really approach collaborations as kind of normal things where they’re arranged and they happen because you’ve arranged them. I’ve always been like this, I just have friends I hang out with, and while we’re hanging out, if music happens then it happens. James Blake Read Quote
I think when you’re learning an instrument, you are restricted because much of it is the noise of individual theory and your ability to play the instrument. James Blake Read Quote
A lot of the vocal music I’ve been doing recently has been quite clubby. But that’s mainly because I’ve had more time to go to clubs, and that normally breeds that kind of influence. James Blake Read Quote
