40 Quotes by Jamie xx

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.

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.

At Coachella, I want to start separating how I do a big festival set from how I do a club set.

My parents' record collection was the music I was hearing as long as I can remember, and I would play Otis Redding over and over again.

Before the first xx record, I pretty much exclusively listened to electronica. Now, I listen to anything. I think the most inspiring thing is just learning more about more and more different kinds of music and becoming a fan of so many different types and so many different genres.

People always think the xx are, like, moody and all dressed in black. We do all dress in black, but we're actually quite fun people - and we've come out of our shells a lot since the first album.

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.

For some producers who are technical-minded, making the song sound good is easy, and getting the emotion into the song is harder.

I'm a mess. My house is full of records, and my computer... I can't find the things that I want. But it usually seems to work out.