When Andy Kaufman performed, he was not just trying to be funny. He was playing with the notion of what it means to try to be funny, of what it means to be an audience expecting somebody to be funny. He was doing a dance and playing a game. James Murphy Read Quote
Anything that’s resolvable is boring, musically. And if it’s too chaotic, you don’t feel tension; it’s chaos. James Murphy Read Quote
For most of my life, making music has cost me money. So I learned to live very, very cheaply. James Murphy Read Quote
I got a phone message from Janet Jackson saying, ‘Hi, I love ‘Losing My Edge’, can you do me something funky and dirty like that?’ I can’t really do off-the-peg stuff, so I never called back. James Murphy Read Quote
I don’t write off silly pop people at all, because you never know where they’re coming from. James Murphy Read Quote
One of my favorite photographers is Ruvan Wijesooriya, who takes most of the LCD photos. His work is incredibly colloquial and raw. James Murphy Read Quote
