32 Quotes by Tom Jenkinson

I don't know how many records I'm selling.

I have a rough idea when I walk into a studio though.

I like my stuff 'cause I only ever end up with tracks that I really, really like. It always appeals to me.

I make music to generate atmospheres, not to complement already existing ones.

I'd say that it's important for music to be there that gives you a challenge, that rearranges things in your head.

It's important for that to exist in a society that doesn't present you with any genuine problems.

My history is really playing live - not writing or recording.

There's a couple of tracks on the new record which is sort of using similar sort of rhythms as the drum and bass tracks but playing it all live. It's a new approach to it.

Sometimes I think that I want to do something strictly basic, really simple. Just with a few chords. But I won't have anything more than two or three sentences in my head. That kind of evaporates once I start playing and then it goes off in whatever direction.