I avoid falling into a trap of doing work solely to impress people. I always ask myself, "What don't I ever see?" — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
I don't want to say I hate remixes, because I don't, but I hate what instantly comes to mind now when people… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
Personally, I always just want people to enjoy themselves and experience something that they wouldn't normally experience. — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
Sometimes that's the only way I exist, talking to people through pop culture. — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
When I was recording music, I'd record all the parts myself, and I wouldn't let other people in; that's essentially what Blood… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
I don't really care about audio quality. If people saw some of the ways that I record stuff, they'd see I don't… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
I try to take it as it comes. I'm constantly trying to please myself. That's why I've basically realised now, that nothing… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people feel like they get eaten alive by New York, but I feel it more as a… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
I've been enjoying showing the music I perform to these people who have not heard it before. I think it's kind of… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
Some people say I do it too much, but I'm always asking the artist questions. Sometimes - especially with new artists -… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
It's funny because I think, as a general rule, that people seem to think that if you do lots of different things… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
I'm always weary of connotations. I don't want people to listen to the music I make presently because they liked my previous… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
I don't want to say I hate remixes, because I don't, but I hate what instantly comes to mind now when people say 'remixes.' — Dev Hynes Copy Share
I know a lot of people feel like they get eaten alive by New York, but I feel it more as a father figure… — Dev Hynes Copy Share
If I like something, I then have to study every single aspect of it to find out if there's more things that I would… — Dev Hynes Copy Share
A lot of my friends were gay, so I was spat on on the bus daily, and I ended up in hospital a couple… — Dev Hynes Copy Share
I've been kind of listening to the composer Britten and his rendition of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The opening track is a choral section… — Dev Hynes Copy Share
The issue I had with the Lightspeed albums was that usually the main purpose with them was to fulfil really dorky musical goals, like,… — Dev Hynes Copy Share
'Chamalkay' is an old Guyanese slang word. It means a 'young mischievous girl.' It's not derogatory, but it isn't over complimentary, either. It was… — Dev Hynes Copy Share
I'm always weary of connotations. I don't want people to listen to the music I make presently because they liked my previous work, or… — Dev Hynes Copy Share
I see no kind of reason to not just try everything. I mean, I feel like we all have such varied tastes, and to… — Dev Hynes Copy Share
Everything I do, I build a kind of confidence net - 'I'm able to execute this; it's fine.' — Dev Hynes Copy Share
Cello is my first instrument, then piano, drums, bass, violin, recorder, saxophone, but I'd never play them live! — Dev Hynes Copy Share
It's funny because I think, as a general rule, that people seem to think that if you do lots of different things over the… — Dev Hynes Copy Share
