American - Musician | February 4, 1970 -
It's strangely energizing to have people who don't make music themselves take potshots at you from the Internet.
James Murphy
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I am kind of, by definition, a hipster.
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'Somebody's Calling Me' was written in my sleep, and the original was just the piano and the beat and the singing.
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Titles are relatively arbitrary to me; they take on meanings that aren't really my meanings. 'Sound Of Silver' was just, like, I made the studio silver, and I wanted the record to sound 'more silver.'
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I'm really focused and obsessed with writing things that are specific. I don't like big rock lyrics - I find them infuriating.
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Songs are songs, and to reduce them is to waste them.
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Making 'Sound of Silver' was very emotional at times, where I just hated making that record.
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I think that not being all that overwhelmed by good reviews is a luxury. I'm like a rich person who says he doesn't care about money.
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Subway Symphony is a little idea I had to change the sound of the subway turnstiles into different pieces of music, depending on what station you're entering.
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I've watched too many artists in my life forget how good the things they used to do were.
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I don't have a TV, and I don't have a radio.
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The Fall was super powerful to me because of their covers. They were intimidating. I bought 'This Nation's Saving Grace' when it came out in 1985, and there was something about it that made me nervous. It terrified me.
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