If you can do something that doesn't rely on a major melody but still sounds immediate rather than being obtuse and devoid… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
For me, the audience is the most important thing in the whole chain, so finding out how they respond to things is… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
There is no decision to be more or less comic. I don't feel more or less humorous in my day-to-day. These things… — Alexis Taylor Comedy Copy Share Image
When a band first comes along, they should be confusing and doing something people don't accept. You don't want the first reaction… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
To stop for years and then discover that the audience is getting smaller and smaller would be demoralizing. — Alexis Taylor Audience Copy Share Image
I was listening to a lot more folk music. I love the sound of acoustic guitars but I didn't want to be… — Alexis Taylor Acoustic guitar Copy Share Image
That happens quite a lot in Hot Chip - you can let go of something that was originally essential to the creation… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
When you're making the record, you're not thinking about an audience, but you still need them and you want them. — Alexis Taylor Audience Copy Share Image
I like the fact that everyone is nostalgic for vinyl, and I'm being nostalgic for CDs, which are like the new outdated… — Alexis Taylor Cds Copy Share Image
Some people are better at seeing things through to a logical conclusion as far as copying things they like from other people's… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
I've always found it interesting when I'm the person in the audience feeling mismatched by what I've seen or heard. The shows… — Alexis Taylor Audience Copy Share Image
We're still making Hot Chip records whilst doing these other things, so why not just try and make music you enjoy making… — Alexis Taylor Being crazy Copy Share Image
It's not like that because the improvisation makes it automatically democratic. No one's leading anything. I didn't have to worry about anyone… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
There's another thing that you don't want to take for granted, and that's the reality of there being an audience there each… — Alexis Taylor Around the world Copy Share Image
I really enjoy playing for hours and hours. DJ sets where you turn up over an hour and you're on a festival… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
I know that I can't ever write a song that just sounds completely saccharin. Even if I'm singing about someone being my… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
I think being a DJ is that thing of learning what makes a crowd move. As a DJ, you're constantly learning. It's… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
I'm quite interested in what words can be, if it's very few words, and it's a kind of club track but it… — Alexis Taylor Dance music Copy Share Image
When I first started doing stuff outside of Hot Chip, I got the impression that Joe Goddard was a bit concerned. But… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
In the recording process, sometimes people feel that there isn't a space for them to contribute. — Alexis Taylor People Copy Share Image
When bands are on stage and they ask the crowd, "Are you having a good time?" what they're really saying is, "I… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
I find it really disappointing and cheap when someone's copied the whole drum sound from a record. — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
You're trying to make music, and then at the end of it you give reasons for everything. — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
A lot of people in the crowd want to be told what to do; if you just put your hands up, they… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
I'll also listen to music on a Discman and realize how nice it can sound when it's not compressed to MP3 format. — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
I like listening to music on a Discman, where the CD spins, and the fact that it's weird to listen to something… — Alexis Taylor Cds Copy Share Image
I don't love CDs more than anything else, but I was just playing around with the idea that they could be something… — Alexis Taylor Cds Copy Share Image
It's funny, I played a social gig once - we were playing music that was rhythm based, but it was going in… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
It's an example of when three people think something's brilliant and one thinks it's terrible. I suppose that's what improvising can be… — Alexis Taylor Brilliant Copy Share Image
Starting out, I remember being on the same bill with other bands, and I always thought they were so much better because… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
