I don't want to make an album which is full of brutal and jarring techno. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
I remember having a 7-inch Depeche Mode single when I was ten and really loving that. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
Music has always been so integral to my life. It's always been my work and my passion. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
To try and create a transcendent state through music has always been the intention. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
It's great to do something that makes your brain just switch to a different mode, and music can do that really powerfully. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
I love that tension between machine sounds and organic sounds, and also the contrast between abrasive sounds and soft sounds. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
I was guided into piano lessons and 'guided' is a nice way of saying 'forced.' I don't regret it, but I think… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
Whenever I've improved, gone up a level in sound-making, it's been because I've done an album. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
Writing music - particularly music without lyrics - calls almost exclusively on the subconscious. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
I love exploring the hypnotic elements of music, and because of that there are very long tracks on 'Immunity.' — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
I have an obsession with making an album rather than a collection of tracks. For me it's like making a film -… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
I've tried to do every album in a different style, which is why I tend to leave a fair bit of time… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
I don't have a huge amount of gear, but on the software side, I have a number of plug-in chains that act as abstracted… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
My own personality is fairly optimistic and generally very happy, but like everyone else I've been through difficult stuff, particularly in my teenage years,… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
I always make sure there's something for the audience to connect to, in terms of my movements relating to the sounds being heard. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
I've always lived in my head, which is very easy to do when you live and work in a city. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
The track 'Open Eye Signal,' when you hear that choir sound come in, that's actually me singing but sped up and with huge reverb… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
What kind of music keeps its relevance? That's why I purposely try and avoid any particularly current trends in electronic music. I do actively… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
I always liked the idea of shaving the back of my head and getting a tattoo of my own face there so that, whichever… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
It's extraordinary to hear from people who are bereaved, or gone through a divorce, and they still take the time to tell me how… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
Learning how to be calm and centered in any situation is a skill for life, whatever you do. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
When you've got hardly any equipment, very little money and no access to any information, your sound is very much dictated by you, your… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
I'm actually a big fan of turning off my phone and ignoring it for large chunks of the day. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think elements of 'Open Eye Signal' are better live. I do this really crazy stuff at the end, but I don't know… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
