Porter Robinson

I still play the songs I declared noncanonical.

— Porter Robinson

If an artist I liked disowned songs that meant a lot to me, I would be pretty hurt by that.

— Porter Robinson

But to me, 'Worlds' is meant as kind of an appreciation of fiction and stories and escapism and fantasy.

— Porter Robinson

I'm releasing more music as Virtual Self, I'm definitely going to be touring Virtual Self.

— Porter Robinson

I'm mostly known for writing electro and aggressive bangery house music. But before I started making electro, and while I was making…

— Porter Robinson

When I'm making sentimental trancey fluffiness, I like to have some equally saccharine aromas filling the room.

— Porter Robinson

I wanted there to be something to fill the space and to catch the listener's ear, but I didn't want there to…

— Porter Robinson

Yeah, I've always wondered what it would be like to make music that's not nostalgic at all, and it's really, really hard…

— Porter Robinson

There's a really high emphasis on having good taste in my household and having nuanced opinions. We're always critically analyzing stuff.

— Porter Robinson

Toplines usually suck. I'll send a song to a band or artist whose entire body of work I love and I'll ask…

— Porter Robinson

When I'm writing good music and I'm caffeinated, I attribute all my success to the coffee, get really sentimental about the EDM…

— Porter Robinson

Writing music while caffeinated produces some interesting results. The stimulation basically amplifies my music-production-dependent bi-polarity.

— Porter Robinson

I wanted what I was doing to be really true to me and my tastes. That's what 'Worlds' was, me taking a…

— Porter Robinson

It was more than enough, but I'm completely satisfied that 'Virtual Self' got nominated for the Grammy. That is a complete victory…

— Porter Robinson

Virtual Self' was me trying to paint a picture of a very foggy, distorted memory that I had of electronic music on…

— Porter Robinson

I was trying to write new music, but there was nothing I was reacting against. It turned out 'Worlds' itself became something…

— Porter Robinson

There's so many things that can go wrong, and if I'm merely playing and not hosting a festival, none of those things…

— Porter Robinson

The one thing you can't control is what comes after what you release.

— Porter Robinson

I wanted to do music that was a little more sentimental, emotional, and serene - completely different from the party music I…

— Porter Robinson

It's hard to regret making the choice that you think is right.

— Porter Robinson

I want my music to be really big. I have no interest in DIY Brooklyn; I don't want to be a small…

— Porter Robinson

Electronic music was this super cool thing to me my whole life.

— Porter Robinson

I think that my biggest influences are electronic acts. Daft Punk is probably my number 1, then Kanye West would be number…

— Porter Robinson

If I could turn it on like a faucet then I think it would be kind of unearned. I feel like you…

— Porter Robinson

An underexplored reason why nostalgic art is worthwhile is that it influences the way the past is remembered.

— Porter Robinson