102 Quotes by Jon Hopkins

It's extraordinary to hear from people who are bereaved, or gone through a divorce, and they still take the time to tell me how a certain track or album helped them through tough times, or kept them sane.

I do believe there's a human right to experiment with your consciousness, as long as you're harming no one else.

It is funny how we talk about nature as this separate entity when we are nature, and nature is us.

Writing music - particularly music without lyrics - calls almost exclusively on the subconscious.

I've always lived in my head, which is very easy to do when you live and work in a city.

I'm an example of someone who got a bit more focused as I got older.

As soon as I finish meditating, I get a beautiful feeling of expanded consciousness. When I'm in this headspace I can make so much progress in my writing.

When I did 'Immunity,' even though I did a film score at the beginning and also at the end, I was left uninterrupted during the middle bit. I got a good year of just writing and focusing. That, to me, is when I make the best stuff.

I'm actually a big fan of turning off my phone and ignoring it for large chunks of the day.