Song Quotes by Alexis Taylor

You're trying to make music, and then at the end of it you give reasons for everything.

— Alexis Taylor

In the recording process, sometimes people feel that there isn't a space for them to contribute.

— Alexis Taylor

I'll also listen to music on a Discman and realize how nice it can sound when it's not compressed to MP3 format.

— Alexis Taylor

We're still making Hot Chip records whilst doing these other things, so why not just try and make music you enjoy making rather than…

— Alexis Taylor

It's an example of when three people think something's brilliant and one thinks it's terrible. I suppose that's what improvising can be like because…

— Alexis Taylor

It's funny, I played a social gig once - we were playing music that was rhythm based, but it was going in some strange…

— Alexis Taylor

I think being a DJ is that thing of learning what makes a crowd move. As a DJ, you're constantly learning. It's like chess…

— Alexis Taylor

If you can do something that doesn't rely on a major melody but still sounds immediate rather than being obtuse and devoid of anything…

— Alexis Taylor

There is no decision to be more or less comic. I don't feel more or less humorous in my day-to-day. These things are accidental.

— Alexis Taylor

I don't love CDs more than anything else, but I was just playing around with the idea that they could be something you're momentarily…

— Alexis Taylor

Some people are better at seeing things through to a logical conclusion as far as copying things they like from other people's records; they…

— Alexis Taylor

There's another thing that you don't want to take for granted, and that's the reality of there being an audience there each night. It's…

— Alexis Taylor

I was listening to a lot more folk music. I love the sound of acoustic guitars but I didn't want to be that person…

— Alexis Taylor

To stop for years and then discover that the audience is getting smaller and smaller would be demoralizing.

— Alexis Taylor

A lot of people in the crowd want to be told what to do; if you just put your hands up, they do it.

— Alexis Taylor