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> [I can't usually sleep if I'm listening to music. It seems to fire up my mind, and I keep engaging with it to see what it's doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/i-can-t-usually-sleep-if-i-m-listening-to-music-it-seems-to-fire-up/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

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## More by Max Richter

> [People have written about 'Sleep' as if it were some kind of record attempt, but I could just put repeat marks at the end,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/people-have-written-about-sleep-as-if-it-were-some-kind-of-record/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [When you're working in cinema, you often have a very, very compressed schedule - very few weeks to just kind of go through that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/when-you-re-working-in-cinema-you-often-have-a-very-very-compressed/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [In terms of how the music developed, it was my normal process, which I would say is really a hybrid process of sketching on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/in-terms-of-how-the-music-developed-it-was-my-normal-process-which-i/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [I lived in Scotland a long time, and I became aware of Mogwai really from the beginning. They seemed to be fusing hard music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/i-lived-in-scotland-a-long-time-and-i-became-aware-of-mogwai-really/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [When you make a piece, one of the interesting things is hearing what other people think about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/when-you-make-a-piece-one-of-the-interesting-things-is-hearing-what/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [It feels like when novelists say they find their characters are doing things they never thought they'd do, the material comes alive, and that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/it-feels-like-when-novelists-say-they-find-their-characters-are-doing/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> ['Sleep' is a project I've been thinking about for many years. It just seems like society has been moving more and more in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/sleep-is-a-project-i-ve-been-thinking-about-for-many-years-it-just/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [When I was a kid, there were really only two possible futures in the foreground, which were Orwell's '1984' and Huxley's 'Brave New World'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/when-i-was-a-kid-there-were-really-only-two-possible-futures-in-the/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [I was living in a suburban town north of London, dutifully practicing my Mozart sonatas. And the milkman who delivered the milk in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/i-was-living-in-a-suburban-town-north-of-london-dutifully-practicing/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [We're chronically sleep-deprived as a culture. We're constantly on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/we-re-chronically-sleep-deprived-as-a-culture-we-re-constantly-on/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [There is also a particular area of sleep called slow-wave sleep. I immediately liked this idea. It turns out this part of sleep is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/there-is-also-a-particular-area-of-sleep-called-slow-wave-sleep-i/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> ['Black Mirror' obviously has its own universe, with a very strong fingerprint and strong themes, and I was intrigued on reading. It's such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/black-mirror-obviously-has-its-own-universe-with-a-very-strong/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [When we go to sleep ordinarily, we're doing something really private. It's kind of an intimate, private connection with our sort of physical humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/when-we-go-to-sleep-ordinarily-we-re-doing-something-really-private/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [Sleeping and being asleep is one of my favorite activities. Really, what I wanted to do is provide a landscape or a musical place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/sleeping-and-being-asleep-is-one-of-my-favorite-activities-really/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

> [I think, as human beings, we all have a fundamental mode, a basic way of relating to the rest of reality, and for me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-richter/i-think-as-human-beings-we-all-have-a-fundamental-mode-a-basic-way-of/)

[Max Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-richter/)

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