Jamie xx Quotes

PUP introduced me to so much more amazing music. They really shaped my sound.

The youth is hungry for good music; I feel responsible and glad that I can be an agent who can mentally, emotionally stimulate them to listen to music outside of cinema.

In the end, my children put me on to Pink Floyd when they were teenagers.

I was first influenced by a friend in fifth grade when he brought a Walkman to school and was listening to 'Paradise City' by Guns 'N Roses, which he had concealed within his hoodie. He put the headphones over my ears and I was completely blown away by what I heard. I'll never forget that.

Usually, I think you have most of your musical influences locked down by the time you're 16.

Record covers helped me discover a lot of music that I wasn't aware of.

I grew up listening to - it's kind of embarrassing - all classical music.

My father was not really into popular music; I had to learn about that for myself.

I meet young people who know me and are familiar with my stuff. They know the package. They might have cherry-picked five or six key tunes. That's how it seems to work. I sometimes wonder if they realise they are not getting the whole context.

When you're riding with your mom, and you're a kid, you'd listen to 'Dear Mama' and the radio friendly records. I used to sneak and listen to Too $hort.

I didn't know much about him, and I wasn't a big country music fan. I listened to the Beatles and David Bowie, so I didn't know a lot about him.

My mum loved Joan Armatrading and used to play her records all the time and even took me to see her a couple of times when I was really quite young. I didn't really like her music back then because my mum was always playing it, but I've grown to appreciate it more.

I like giving music-themed gifts. I've given a couple of music documentaries to boys. Especially if they don't have the same taste as me, I try to infiltrate their mind with my favourite bands.

I like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid.

I have teenagers, so I listen to a lot of music. They turn me on to great music.

I must confess I knew very little about the trance scene, I'm more house and commercial dance but it was really interesting and different.

I grew up with The Beatles, Bob Marley and Talking Heads. I like the melody-with-rhythm aspect of music - there's so much to discover still.

It was Skrillex who got me into dubstep. He made it melodic - not just a bunch of crazy sounds.

I would pretty much like to forget the music that happened to me between the ages of eight and 11, so I'm going to say the first album I bought was the special edition of 'Dark Side of the Moon.'

I'd say I got into Marvin Gaye properly in college.

When I was 12, I introduced my mom to Def Leppard's 'Pour Some Sugar on Me.' I told her it was an amazing song, and I remember her not really agreeing with me.

My brother really shaped my musical taste when I was younger. He turned me on to classic rock like Led Zeppelin, and then he got me into R.E.M. and U2.

I still don't have a real appreciation for music because I didn't really start listening to it until my 20s. My wife knows everything about music, and I try and get her to educate me, but it's just not part of my DNA.

Simian Mobile Disco changed my life. They put me onto the EDM world. Although they would hate that term, they're more techno.

At a young age, I was introduced to Joni Mitchell by my mum. My dad was into progressive rock.