Aphex Twin Quotes

When I was making the early stuff, I never expected it to be so big. I was in my own kind of bubble. I never wanted to tour; I just wanted to create music and make a diary I could put out into the world. And sometimes, I became the characters.

I made a lot of the first album on a laptop in my bedroom after college and after work.

I don't ever go and write music for an album. That's not something I do. I don't go and write music for an audience or a career; I don't do that at all. I write basically all the time. I'm addicted to it.

Being a producer is a very different experience than writing my own songs.

I quite like being removed from the industry stuff so that when we're not on tour and we're writing, we're in a small room and you can't get out physically. I like that mental checking-out aspect - I think it's quite nice.

Coldplay are just four friends trying to make great music.

Plus, we spend most of our time writing music. Most of the time is spent in the studio in my house.

I love putting the music together. It's like art.

I don't write all my stuff. Everybody always thinks that. But in just about every album I've ever had has been about 50-50 songs I've written or co-written and other people's songs.

My only real hobby is playing music. I write a lot of music on guitar and keyboards and hope one day to make a record or maybe even write the score for a film.

I spend a lot of time working in the studio as a producer, not just a singer.

I don't listen to a lot of music; I write more music than I listen to, for sure.

I'm not an artist that makes singles, I'm an artist that makes albums, and it's a totally different thing.

I like to sing. I write music. Country songs. You have to if you're in Nashville. It's part of the lease. You sign a lease that says, I will write country songs and pay my rent on time.

Music is for people. The word 'pop' is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I'm just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I'm cool.

It's not like making records is terrible. Still, I do find the writing of the songs and the live shows to be the things that give you the most clear picture of what it's all about.

For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the writing or recording of repertoire is the chicken before the egg of live performance.

It's what I do. I don't deserve any awards for this, it's just music. It's just writing songs. You sit down, you write a song, you record it. You tour and play the songs live, dress them up a bit differently, or dress them down.

I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record.

We influence singing but never really songwriting.

Remixes come very quickly, because you already have the melody and the vocals. I have a great passion for music, so it doesn't matter to me if it's a remix or an original production. I don't think about it as, 'Well, I have to spend three hours on a remix or I have to do something all original.'

I like to record records in Los Angeles. It's less distracting than New York, where I was based.

I love making records; I love making music; I love writing songs.

You make your music, then you try to find whatever audience is out there for it.

When I was making my first record there would be something that would come out that would inspire you, you know? You'd see someone on TV or on the radio.