It doesn’t make sense for me to try to be, like, a dance dude who only releases two 12-inches a year and then plays every weekend. Making an album, you get to put out a body of work that shows a lot of different sides of you. And you get to work on it for an intense period of time and promote that album. And then you get to move on. Jamie xx Read Quote
I’m not going to play gigs as Jamie xx. I’m just going to DJ. I’m not comfortable performing my songs on a stage. It’s not something I think I’m particularly good at. Jamie xx Read Quote
I have this romanticized idea of dance music in the ’90s because, obviously, I was way too young to be a part of it. So I have this rose-tinted idea of it. I have this idea of it being a very special time. But I still don’t know that much – I can never remember any names of seminal artists. Jamie xx Read Quote
At Coachella, I want to start separating how I do a big festival set from how I do a club set. Jamie xx Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I just like the lineage and the heritage and the fact that British dance music is still progressing. I’m from London; I love London, and I wouldn’t know how else to show that love in musical terms. There’s something about British stuff that’s a bit faster, a bit harder-hitting. Just tough. Jamie xx Read Quote
I don’t hate on the whole EDM thing happening in America because, although the music is not of my taste – a little bit brash for me – I think it’s also introducing a lot of young people to dance music, and then they’re discovering better dance music through it. Jamie xx Read Quote
I started using vinyl because I stole all my parents’ records when I was 10. I didn’t think about sound quality then, but I always loved how they sounded. Jamie xx Read Quote
I like the contrast in making something that sounds sunny but also has an element of melancholy to it. Jamie xx Read Quote
