Sound Quotes by James Blake

I was trying to sound like some of the people I was listening to, like Mala and Coki.

— James Blake

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

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

Dubstep has everything for me. Rhythm, sound design, heartfelt emotion - all in one place.

— James Blake

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

I think Japanese audiences are much more attentive than a London audience.

— James Blake

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

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

The level on which Japan seems to have picked up on my music seems to be on a more abstract level.

— James Blake

I think the music that you make, often it's even better if you identify with other people.

— James Blake

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

I've been really trying to hone the art of songwriting in a way that doesn't follow any sort of guideline.

— James Blake