100 Quotes by Bonobo

My taste is developing constantly, and it goes in whatever direction it wants to go in - the music follows.

If something is done really well then the question of live vs. DJ vs. instruments vs. drum machines doesn't matter - it's all just about taste, really.

Some people like music to be far more immediate and make you dance straight away. But I like to engage with it on a different level and for it to have that human element where it moves you in an emotive way.

I used to go to Glastonbury when I was young back in the '90s, back when you could jump the fence.

With something like 'Second Sun' it was something I'd never really done before. It has no drums and I think that was the first time I'd done this sort of instrumental, bass-less kind of piece.

You can't live in the times that you live in and be exposed to all the new music that's happening, ignore it all, and carry on doing the same stuff as you were ten years ago.

When DJing works and the room is with you then it's one of the most enjoyable things you can do.

You have to engage with the current palette of the world, and what that sounds like.

Outlier' came together pretty quickly. There's no real telling why that happens, sometimes the thing is just more intricate and takes longer you know, there's actual labour to be done in terms of sound design whereas other things are much freer.