Really, I was brought up with music as a second language. My mother was extremely encouraging of the sensitivities of my brain. It was this sense of curiosity but never pressure. — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
Making music with other people feeds spontaneity, and lends ideas to your solo work. — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
I just became accustomed to being all the members of the band. That was something that was really exciting to me. — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
The thing with music education is that it is good at teaching technique, but not texture. You only learn about that from listening to… — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
There's one song that I recorded called 'Saviour' and every single sound from that song was actually recorded in a shipyard on my iPhone. — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
I always wanted to, at some point, sit down and consider how to plot out one piece of work, one album, from start to… — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
The Proms are everything life is all about: people coming together, and joy and music and celebration and togetherness. — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
I'm a firm believer that embracing the imperfections of making music is so much of what makes something groove. Getting rid of these imperfections… — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
AI as a tool in music-making is fine, but it's always going to be the humanity in music that makes people want to listen… — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
It's not like I wake up and think, 'Now I'm going to go to work.' It just feels like a continuing exploration. — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
The world of Stevie Wonder - in particular, the kind of overflowing joy that exists in every single thing I've ever heard him do,… — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
It's hard to say that one way of doing things is the best for everybody all the time. — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
Djesse,' essentially, is this spirit. It's this sort of character, very much with some childlike energy, which permeates all of this music... The first… — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
I suppose my job is to describe spaces that are honest to me. And the goal, I suppose, is that the listener can hear… — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
It was a challenge with 'In My Room,' because I was the only person in that room making the record, to maintain perspective. — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
