There are some people who are just plain great at making music. That's not who I am. — James Murphy Copy Share Image
Songs can click together really quickly, and other times, they're really laborious and heavy-lifting. — James Murphy Copy Share Image
To do a band properly does kind of mean you don't really get to do anything else. — James Murphy Copy Share Image
Punk rock, to me, was always outsiderness. When I first saw large-group-scene punk rock, I was repelled by it, because there were… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
We didn't set out to be cool. We set out to be an extremely tight band. We wanted to defy expectations. The… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
Subway Symphony is a little idea I had to change the sound of the subway turnstiles into different pieces of music, depending… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
I'm really focused and obsessed with writing things that are specific. I don't like big rock lyrics - I find them infuriating. — James Murphy Copy Share Image
LCD live was set up to be an argument about what's wrong with bands and why bands should be better. I always… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
I write songs all the time. Sometimes they're just weird songs I sing while changing a baby, or songs about annoying things… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
I've been to Manchester enough to know it's a real place. It's not Factory Records and the Smiths bicycling around. I get it. It's… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
Making people dance has another function that has nothing to do with art, and I mean that in the most positive way possible. It's… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
I know it seems like LCD Soundsystem sold millions and millions of records, but we didn't. I'm not a wealthy person. — James Murphy Copy Share Image
I was a singing guitar player as a kid, and I found it really embarrassing, so I stopped singing and became a drummer. — James Murphy Copy Share Image
For most of my life, making music has cost me money. So I learned to live very, very cheaply. — James Murphy Copy Share Image
My gut instincts are strong, but they're not always accessible to me, which is why I like DJing, because you don't have time, and… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
I was always just blown away by David Bowie and how mannered the guy was willing to be. It was so far from what… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
