I don’t like permanency. I just like to slip and slide, and in identity, I think that’s a very feminine artist’s point of view. Roisin Murphy Read Quote
There’s a great deal of tension between so many kind of distinctive and restrictive female archetypes and images in the world. When you play with the archetypes, you get free. Roisin Murphy Read Quote
I’m a situationist when it comes to anything creative, and that stands with the visual part of anything I do as well. I deal with the concrete things I have in front of me, and I think that’s a wise way to be. Roisin Murphy Read Quote
The sound of ‘Take Her Up to Monto’ and ‘Hairless Toys’ is the sound of me and the producer in the studio doing whatever we like. There is no reference. It’s too easy to be referential now; I’m trying to find something else. Roisin Murphy Read Quote
I really do prioritise humour in people. It’s a sign of intelligence. One of the most important things I heard that moulded me was Derek and Clive. That sense of release when I heard them for the first time, crying and laughing, was akin to seeing Sonic Youth for the first time. Roisin Murphy Read Quote
I use maps in my phone a great deal because I can’t tell left from right. Having easy access to maps has given me a completely different life. When I first moved to London, I couldn’t get anywhere and spent so much money on cabs because I couldn’t figure it out. Roisin Murphy Read Quote
I don’t really know if I am thought of as a style icon. I don’t feel like that at all. Music comes first, but I also just enjoy being creative in whatever I’m doing, be it wearing clothes, making images, or performing. Roisin Murphy Read Quote
