I can be staggeringly evangelical. That's just my personality. — James Murphy Evangelical Copy Share Image
Gimme A Kiss … No … Bae Please … Nooooo … Baeeee ……*Starts Kissing* :) — James Murphy Copy Share Image
My high-techness is pretty low-tech. I'm not wildly computer savvy. I'm a record person. — James Murphy Computer Copy Share Image
I always wished I had a more flamboyant streak, but it's just not what I'm made of. — James Murphy Copy Share Image
DJing is really, really pleasant. It's like having people over and making hors d'oeuvres. — James Murphy Copy Share Image
Subway Symphony is a little idea I had to change the sound of the subway turnstiles into different pieces of music, depending… — James Murphy Change Copy Share Image
Anything that's resolvable is boring, musically. And if it's too chaotic, you don't feel tension; it's chaos. — James Murphy Copy Share Image
Producing is always really hard, and you can never tell who's going to be easy to get along with and who's going… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
If being in a band was my job, then I would quit. This is not a good job. A good job is… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
What we are as a live band is different to what we are on recordings, but they're both equal versions: they're both… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
After being in a 'professional rock ensemble,' there's a great joy in making music with friends, without any release plan. — James Murphy Friendship Copy Share Image
Making 'Sound of Silver' was very emotional at times, where I just hated making that record. — James Murphy Copy Share Image
Remember Tag You're It! & Then Saying F*ck It I'm Not Playing Anymore!. Cause You Don't Wanna Look For Nobody! — James Murphy Games Copy Share Image
When Andy Kaufman performed, he was not just trying to be funny. He was playing with the notion of what it means… — James Murphy Comedy Copy Share Image
I had friends who were jocks or whatever... Then, around 12 or 13, kids get cliquish and cruel, and that disgusted me.… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
As things mature - whether they be real estate, rock n' roll, politics, festivals, radio - there's an efficiency that develops, and… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
Making people dance has another function that has nothing to do with art, and I mean that in the most positive way… — James Murphy Art Copy Share Image
The vast majority of kids in my school went on to college. That's just what you did. And I remember feeling like,… — James Murphy College Copy Share Image
I actually want to write a treatise in defence of pretension. I think the word 'pretension' has become like the word 'ironic'… — James Murphy Defence Copy Share Image
Titles are relatively arbitrary to me; they take on meanings that aren't really my meanings. 'Sound Of Silver' was just, like, I… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
I have a very toxic combination of being completely determined, inflexible, controlling and being totally shy, guilty at hurting anyone's feelings, hypersensitive… — James Murphy Feelings Copy Share Image
There are some people who are just plain great at making music. That's not who I am. — James Murphy Copy Share Image
A lot of the time, you compromise., which is fine - it's part of not being totally insane. — James Murphy Being Copy Share Image
I have an interest in everything, but I don't have an interest in starting new careers. — James Murphy Copy Share Image
I'm a DJ, and I live in Williamsburg, and I run an independent record company. — James Murphy Business Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say I'm a friend of David Byrne, but I guess I'm an acquaintance. I'm obviously an admirer, and we've met,… — James Murphy Acquaintance Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, when the Walkman came out, I was sold. I listened to music 24 hours a day. — James Murphy Copy Share Image
I don't write off silly pop people at all, because you never know where they're coming from. — James Murphy Copy Share Image
I was someone who grew up obsessed with bands, how they were and how they treated one another, and how they treated… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
One of the big things that broke the band up for me, which I've become much clearer on over the years, was… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
'Somebody's Calling Me' was written in my sleep, and the original was just the piano and the beat and the singing. — James Murphy Copy Share Image
When I do a remix, I try to think about what I don't have in my bag and create something to fill… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
I like clever lyrics, funny lyrics, dumb lyrics. I can never put my finger on what I like about them. — James Murphy Clever Copy Share Image
It's strangely energizing to have people who don't make music themselves take potshots at you from the Internet. — James Murphy Energizing Copy Share Image
Growing Up Is The Best Part But When You Have To Take Care Of Yo Self Is Like WTF I Wish I… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
