My mum especially listens to music in a way that is incredibly feelings-based. There's virtually no snobbery about what sounds are in it, she just wants to hear a song and that is quite refreshing. — 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
