We live with incessant music, all the time. It's like some weird musical purgatory, there is absolutely no rest for the ears, no space to absorb and reflect. — James Blake Copy Share Image
It really surprises me that people in this day and age still write such busy music and fill up every space with layer upon layer of sound... it's like musical landfill. — James Blake Copy Share Image
I was trying to sound like some of the people I was listening to, like Mala and Coki. — James Blake Copy Share Image
We live with incessant music, all the time. It's like some weird musical purgatory, there is absolutely no rest for the ears, no space… — James Blake Copy Share Image
I've been asked a lot about the state of dubstep in America, and everyone wants me to say something controversial, but I have no… — James Blake Copy Share Image
Dubstep has everything for me. Rhythm, sound design, heartfelt emotion - all in one place. — James Blake Copy Share Image
In terms of writing more club tracks, writing more electronically influenced - I feel like it was all electronically influenced, but now that influence… — James Blake Copy Share Image
I think Japanese audiences are much more attentive than a London audience. — James Blake Copy Share Image
If all the elements are in place, you should get 80 percent of what a song has to offer no matter how you hear… — James Blake Copy Share Image
It really surprises me that people in this day and age still write such busy music and fill up every space with layer upon… — James Blake Copy Share Image
The level on which Japan seems to have picked up on my music seems to be on a more abstract level. — James Blake Copy Share Image
I think the music that you make, often it's even better if you identify with other people. — James Blake Copy Share Image
At some stage in the process, most mainstream pop records are being manipulated and possibly completely rebuilt on a computer, with a visual program. — James Blake Copy Share Image
I've been really trying to hone the art of songwriting in a way that doesn't follow any sort of guideline. — James Blake Copy Share Image
