Jamie xx Quotes

I'd rather make music if I had the talent.

The one thing I do know is that I'm the best Taylor Hawkins drummer there is, and that is all I can hope to be. And when it comes to music, musicianship and skill, there is no such thing as better or worse because so much is personal opinion, and I can see that now.

The only thing I'm really, truly good at is music - I just love it.

I wrote music. I was in a hardcore band when I was 14, and I wasn't good enough to play anyone else's songs, so I had to write my own.

I was always good at music.

I've been writing and composing songs since I was 5 years old.

I've always been insecure about my singing. That's why I've focused so much on my songwriting.

I didn't write any music at all, and then, I remember Jon Anderson being very insistent saying that there were two kinds of musicians: the ones who wrote music and the ones who didn't.

Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only talent and enthusiasm, but also that knowledge and perception which are the result of protracted study and reflection.

Success and the art of making music are two different things for me.

I always tell girls who say they want to start a band but don't have any talent, 'Well, neither do I.' I mean, I can carry a tune, but anyone who picks up a bass can figure it out. You don't have to have magic unicorn powers.

I'm a crap guitarist and I find it really hard writing on my own.

You can't go to the store and buy a good ear and rhythm.

Hopefully, I have a certain amount of what you call musical talent.

I wish I was really talented in music because then I would be doing it. I felt that I could write a decent song, but it was a big struggle.

Every single time I step into the studio, I say, 'Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?' I suppose there's a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.

I loved the guitar, and I had all of this music in my head. My passion for the guitar and the ideas for what I could create musically were equal. So that's where I was.

There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.

I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.

Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.

I'm an interpreter of music.

There were times I thought I was going to turn to the blues, but then I'd hear better blues players.

In order to play and write, it's unique - you either do one or the other.

It is the most delightful thing that ever happens to me, when I hear something coming out of my guitar and out of my mouth that wasn't there before.

Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.