I'm not someone who can just be paid to play keyboards on songs. I tried to do it - I needed the money, but it made me really unhappy and ill to be doing it. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
I don't have a huge amount of gear, but on the software side, I have a number of plug-in chains that act as abstracted… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
My own personality is fairly optimistic and generally very happy, but like everyone else I've been through difficult stuff, particularly in my teenage years,… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
I always make sure there's something for the audience to connect to, in terms of my movements relating to the sounds being heard. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
I've always lived in my head, which is very easy to do when you live and work in a city. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
The track 'Open Eye Signal,' when you hear that choir sound come in, that's actually me singing but sped up and with huge reverb… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
What kind of music keeps its relevance? That's why I purposely try and avoid any particularly current trends in electronic music. I do actively… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
I always liked the idea of shaving the back of my head and getting a tattoo of my own face there so that, whichever… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
It's extraordinary to hear from people who are bereaved, or gone through a divorce, and they still take the time to tell me how… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
Learning how to be calm and centered in any situation is a skill for life, whatever you do. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
When you've got hardly any equipment, very little money and no access to any information, your sound is very much dictated by you, your… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
I'm actually a big fan of turning off my phone and ignoring it for large chunks of the day. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think elements of 'Open Eye Signal' are better live. I do this really crazy stuff at the end, but I don't know… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
Sometimes I hear records that are being recorded at the absolute highest quality, and I just don't like the sound of it. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
When I was 23, I felt like I was further back than when I was 21. After two solo albums for this small indie… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
Whenever I've improved, gone up a level in sound-making, it's been because I've done an album. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
