100 Quotes by Bonobo

People think about L.A. as being sunny and relaxed, but there's a darker side to it. There's people living in tents under bridges in their thousands. The culture almost encourages you to look the other way.

I come from a film background as I studied film at art school.

A lot of music is like a diary for me.

Every record I've made, I've mixed and engineered at home.

Yeah, I'd definitely love to do some scores someday. I particularly love Hans Zimmer's work.

I respond to creativity well when I'm outside and reacting to experiences, not inside a studio.

Fifty percent of what I've worked on is never going to get heard, but I think the important thing is just working.

There was an immediate connection with the Bay Area from when I first came out years ago. Somehow, I always knew there would be. They embraced me as a sort of honorary San Franciscan for some reason.

I was in bands when I was younger, and that's a lot of the reason I started working solo - it was always a compromise.