I was listening to a lot more folk music. I love the sound of acoustic guitars but I didn't want to be that person standing up there strumming away. — 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
In the recording process, sometimes people feel that there isn't a space for them to contribute. — 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
We're still making Hot Chip records whilst doing these other things, so why not just try and make music you enjoy making rather than… — 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 like because… — Alexis Taylor 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 some strange… — 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 like chess or something. After a couple of years, you think you're good, then you see a real DJ that's been doing it for 20 years and they just blow you away. I think that's one of the… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share
If you can do something that doesn't rely on a major melody but still sounds immediate rather than being obtuse and devoid of anything… — 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 are accidental. — Alexis Taylor 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 you're momentarily… — Alexis Taylor 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 records; they… — 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 night. It's pretty amazing that that can happen around the world. — Alexis Taylor Copy Share
