American - Musician | February 4, 1970 -
There are some people who are just plain great at making music. That's not who I am.
James Murphy
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I actually want to write a treatise in defence of pretension. I think the word 'pretension' has become like the word 'ironic' - just this catch-all term to distance people from interesting experiences and cultural engagement and possible embarrassment.
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You can't be afraid to embarrass yourself sometimes.
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DJing is really, really pleasant. It's like having people over and making hors d'oeuvres.
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When I want to DJ what I think to be the best-sounding place in the world, I go to this place in Sapporo, Japan, called Precious Hall, which has kind of a custom sound system with a much lower ceiling and a smaller room.
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Producing is always really hard, and you can never tell who's going to be easy to get along with and who's going to be difficult.
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Ad Rock from the Beastie Boys gave me a present: it's a boombox with a keyboard and a beatbox in it. You can't make that up.
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When I was a kid, when the Walkman came out, I was sold. I listened to music 24 hours a day.
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Sound sounds are terrible in the city, but it's great to listen and to walk and listen to people talk to each other. There are birds. You hear spring. I like listening to the city.
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I'm a very self-conscious person.
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I actually really love people.
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I write songs all the time. Sometimes they're just weird songs I sing while changing a baby, or songs about annoying things that I sing to myself, or to friends while sitting at a bar, or about Christmas or New York.
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