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…

— 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…

— Alexis Taylor

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

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Alexis Taylor

I find it really disappointing and cheap when someone's copied the whole drum sound from a record.

— Alexis Taylor

I really enjoy playing for hours and hours. DJ sets where you turn up over an hour and you're on a festival…

— Alexis Taylor

When I first started doing stuff outside of Hot Chip, I got the impression that Joe Goddard was a bit concerned. But…

— Alexis Taylor

It's not like that because the improvisation makes it automatically democratic. No one's leading anything. I didn't have to worry about anyone…

— Alexis Taylor

When bands are on stage and they ask the crowd, "Are you having a good time?" what they're really saying is, "I…

— Alexis Taylor

I'm quite interested in what words can be, if it's very few words, and it's a kind of club track but it…

— Alexis Taylor

When you're making the record, you're not thinking about an audience, but you still need them and you want them.

— Alexis Taylor

That happens quite a lot in Hot Chip - you can let go of something that was originally essential to the creation…

— Alexis Taylor

When a band first comes along, they should be confusing and doing something people don't accept. You don't want the first reaction…

— Alexis Taylor

I like listening to music on a Discman, where the CD spins, and the fact that it's weird to listen to something…

— Alexis Taylor