40 Quotes by Jamie xx

I don't feel like I'm very good at making music.

I have this romanticized idea of dance music in the '90s because, obviously, I was way too young to be a part of it. So I have this rose-tinted idea of it. I have this idea of it being a very special time. But I still don't know that much - I can never remember any names of seminal artists.

Floating Points plays a lot of music that I don't know, and I like geeking out and trying to find out what the tracks are. His knowledge of house music is pretty deep, and his selection is just amazing. And I think it's a pleasure to listen to his music because it's so perfectly produced.

I'm used to making songs; that's how I learned to make music. My structures will always be more like pop songs than dance tracks.

I work with talented people. I'm just their tool.

I think Kendrick Lamar is great. It would be cool to do something with him.

I get to go to so many different countries and hear so much music and collect totally different records. It's all very inspiring, and I'm trying to embrace that experience because not that many producers get to have that.

I can't imagine doing a DJ set and playing all my own stuff; it'd just be awkward.

My uncle, who gave me my first turntables when I was ten, also gave me records to mix, but I never understood house music. I thought it was boring until I was old enough to go to a club and feel it, the fact that it actually makes you just want to dance.