James Murphy Quotes

Coldplay are just four friends trying to make great music.

Broken Bells reminds me how much fun I have making music.

My whole life I've played music for my own personal enjoyment and the idea of it becoming a machine or a business is just horrible.

Schools, the first thing they cut is music programs. They don't realize how important music is to kids.

The creative part for me is making songs, and that's what I really love the most, and that's what I've always done for every band I've ever had.

Without a doubt, my richest relationships are my long-term friendships with musical partners, because we make music together. That's what we love to do with our lives.

Music is a passion of mine, so I also want to continue along that path, creating with my friends.

We used to play music for fun. Much more than now. Now nobody picks up a guitar unless they're paid for it.

The best part about Chickenfoot is that nobody needs the money. We've got nothing we need to prove to anybody. We wanted this to be a fun band and when we get in the studio it's just so loose, relaxed, and open.

There were a certain amount of people that were down with me, and we would just sit in the room and make music.

But, without a doubt, my favourite thing? It's sitting in a change room like this after a match. There's no time frame on how long you'll sit there. There's no formality. You're just enjoying each other's company, thinking about cricket.

Being in a band is like a small family. You travel together, make music, and share time with each other.

You don't have to be best friends with people to make music.

I don't really reach out, it has to be organic. If we're in a studio setting and we're feeling the vibe, that's cool, we can make something. Like, I've been in a bunch of sessions with people I haven't made music with. Like, I just chill. I'm not forcing it. I don't DM people like, 'Yooo, I'm trying to get on a track.'

I like befriending my collaborators because I'd rather make music with people I like than people I pretend to like.

Writing was always a release for me, a great joy. It wasn't work.

I am not a party kind of a person. I like to sit down with friends with a drink and talk.

I feel like I've had a really great time just being able to make all the music that I've always liked to make and listen to and expressing it in different ways.

I can't even begin to express the joy I get from writing songs, both on my own and with others, I hold it all sacred.

I've always loved playing solo. I guess in a way I just feel blessed to be able to make music. My favorite thing is usually whatever I'm doing right there and then.

Making music together is the best way for two people to become friends.

I like the music. I don't like the business. I get very tired of the travel and moving, constantly moving. But the hour-and-a-half that I'm making music, I'm one of the happiest people on earth.

Their friendship was only one aspect of their lives but it seemed to give meaning to all the others.

Mainly, when I ran into Emmylou Harris, that was it, you know? We could finish each other's sentences musically, and personally, too. We have a very shared, similar sensibility. And that was a friendship that really opened up a tremendous number of musical doors for me.

Whoever I hang out with, I want to be able to laugh with. I just want to be able to have a good time... And they have to like my dog. If they don't like my dog, they're out.