I understand that if someone's going to make me his idea of cool, I can't control that. — James Murphy Control Copy Share Image
To do a band properly does kind of mean you don't really get to do anything else. — James Murphy Anything Copy Share Image
I have a thing about inane lyrics - the world doesn't need them. — James Murphy About Copy Share Image
If I opened a record store, it wouldn't be all punk rock and esoterica. — James Murphy Opened Copy Share Image
The plan is to keep on putting out records until someone shows up and tells us to stop. — James Murphy Keep Copy Share Image
I'm not a big songwriter guy. People who are really good singer-songwriters usually left me kind of cold. — James Murphy Big Copy Share Image
It's strangely energizing to have people who don't make music themselves take potshots at you from the Internet. — James Murphy Energizing Copy Share Image
Growing Up Is The Best Part But When You Have To Take Care Of Yo Self Is Like WTF I Wish I… — James Murphy Adult Copy Share Image
I love rock. I love the music that was born out of the latter part of the 20th century. It means a… — James Murphy 20th century Copy Share Image
ICantDateYou If You Care About Appearances Too Much . Theres A Lot More To A Person Than Whats On The Outside... RealTalk — James Murphy Appearances Copy Share Image
Sound sounds are terrible in the city, but it's great to listen and to walk and listen to people talk to each… — James Murphy City Copy Share Image
My personality is based on an anonymity and failure. Failure and anonymity, those are my strengths - superiority from below. — James Murphy Failure Copy Share Image
I'm always surprised by how optimistic and open sometimes people who are very successful are. — James Murphy Always 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 Band 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 Christmas 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 Band Copy Share Image
When I want to DJ what I think to be the best-sounding place in the world, I go to this place in… — James Murphy Dj Copy Share Image
I got a phone message from Janet Jackson saying, 'Hi, I love 'Losing My Edge', can you do me something funky and… — James Murphy I love Copy Share Image
I suppose what happened is that I spent my whole life wanting to be cool but eventually came to recognise the mechanism… — James Murphy Cool Copy Share Image
I was into punk rock my whole life. I never listened to the Eagles. I never listened to things that were getting… — James Murphy Bad Copy Share Image
The vast majority of kids in my school went on to college. That's just what you did. And I remember feeling like,… — James Murphy College Copy Share Image
I've always been a good imitator. I love music. But I'm just not that original. — James Murphy Always Copy Share Image
I don't see myself as necessarily a very creative person. I'm a technical guy. — James Murphy Creative Copy Share Image
I've watched too many artists in my life forget how good the things they used to do were. — James Murphy Art Copy Share Image
Even in the band I was in when I was a kid, I'd be telling everyone what to do. I'd be leaning… — James Murphy Band 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 Know 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… — James Murphy Always Copy Share Image
With a computer, you have access to so many drum sounds and samples that your snare drum will be unrelated harmonically to… — James Murphy Access Copy Share Image
One of my favorite photographers is Ruvan Wijesooriya, who takes most of the LCD photos. His work is incredibly colloquial and raw. — James Murphy His 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… — James Murphy Always Copy Share Image
For most of my life, making music has cost me money. So I learned to live very, very cheaply. — James Murphy Cheaply Copy Share Image
There's kind of a limitless amount of things I want to do, and when the path seems to open, that's when I… — James Murphy Journey Copy Share Image
Producing is always really hard, and you can never tell who's going to be easy to get along with and who's going… — James Murphy Always Copy Share Image
If being in a band was my job, then I would quit. This is not a good job. A good job is… — James Murphy Band Copy Share Image
