100 Quotes by Bonobo

Life has highs, lows, loud and quiet moments, beautiful ones and ugly ones. Music is a reflection of life.

I think nostalgia is kind of dangerous in music.

Ninja has definitely kind of changed its identity since it first started out. Ninja back in the day was always turntables and jazz and sampling and electronica. But over time, it's become quite diverse and open to songwriting in a variety of forms.

Offsetting the sample position every time the sample hits will create more random movement in short samples.

Ninja was able to survive its own hype and become a very strong label.

There were a lot of labels in the '90s that were fashionable for a time and then crashed.

The only criteria I have with every new album is to keep moving on from what I've done before.

I'm not keen on terms like 'lounge' or 'chill out.'

I listen to records I made years ago and it takes me back to that time, so why not actually put a bit of the life that you're living at the time into the music?