I was playing in other rock bands. Any of those bands didn't last long. — Ikue Mori Band Copy Share Image
I got tired of different drum sounds so you buy different effects for more manipulation. — Ikue Mori Different Copy Share Image
The most important thing is that it's much more fun to play in a band than to be in an audience in… — Ikue Mori Audience Copy Share Image
The way I create music is maybe like a painting, to compose in a more visual way. Basically it's the music that… — Ikue Mori Book Copy Share Image
So now I don't have time to practice drums. It's been five years since I've touched the drums. — Ikue Mori Five Copy Share Image
Somebody gave me this drum machine and somebody else asked me to program something for a project. I really liked programming and… — Ikue Mori Asked Copy Share Image
I always wanted to get out of Tokyo and in 1977, New York seemed like the most interesting place to visit. I… — Ikue Mori Happened Copy Share Image
Because it's dance music, you can't really have a lot of changing in there. It's really not for me because there's too… — Ikue Mori Because Copy Share Image
Mars is really different, into art. Lydia Lunch is more energy. James Chance is more commercial in a different way, in funk… — Ikue Mori Art Copy Share Image
I still think that I'm playing instruments, not just pushing buttons and there it goes. It's interactive and alive with the sound… — Ikue Mori Alive Copy Share Image
Actually, there was another band where we were three girls, around '84 when I met John Zorn, called Sunset Chorus. It was… — Ikue Mori Band Copy Share Image
Come to think of it, the way I play is like a drum machine- very mechanical. — Ikue Mori Come Copy Share Image
