I guess I've always had such an identity crisis when it comes to other people's understanding of me. I don't feel it in myself but from an outsider's point of view, I can see they must be thinking, "Who the… — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
Improvisation has been with me since I was a kid, and, taking a selfish pleasure from that, I just thought, "What the hell. It… — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
I just throw myself into a mad frenzy, whip up a storm and see what comes through. — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
I've always loved improvising. That's how I write songs. Creativity has an improvised element to it. — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
I really wanted to maintain that bedroom philosophy to creating stuff. I don't believe the hype; I think a great record is because I… — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
I made an instrument which I'm really happy about, because I always wanted to have a machine that did this so once I established… — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
I do my best to make music spontaneously. It's very personal in a way. It's really a direct connection between me and anyone who's… — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
I really wanted to maintain that bedroom philosophy to creating stuff. — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
People can rock together, people can do great things together, and that's what you love when you're working with characters and it's all going… — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
I'm not the kind of guy who likes to rush things through. I like to take my time and finish when I'm finished. — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
All kinds of music comes out that I'm not prepared for. Some of it is good, some of it rubbish, but I kind of accept it all. That's the nature of stream-of-consciousness. You can't always come up with your most lucid material in the heat of the moment. I take that risk when I play live. I open up my… — Jamie Lidell Copy Share
I do really enjoy having a crowd of people out to see me. They really motivate me. I feel really lucky they've come down… — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
There's very much a domino effect when I'm playing. In fact, that's a good way of putting it. I'm trying to topple all the dominos in a single stroke. That would be a show with perfect momentum. Every now and again, you get one of those dominos that moves to the side a little bit, traps things and you have… — Jamie Lidell Copy Share
