Jamie xx Quotes

Producing is just a big learning experience.

It's a weird thing when you make records. You try to hear it before you make it, so you walk into the studio with this idea of what you expect to happen, and that usually changes. That usually turns into something else, and that's a good thing.

I like home recordings and studio recordings just as much as each other - I don't think one is better - but for this record I wanted to see what I could do in a real studio with real producers.

I actually went to film school, but I didn't like it. I'm basically self-taught.

The only thing that makes sense to me that I've learnt over the years is knocking tunes together.

I started using this outlet of creativity - you know, going to the studio, writing, meeting these writers and producers - as the best form of representing myself to my fullest potential.

You only learn if you're given a crack at things.

I'm really lucky that my record companies have been patient with me and leave me alone and give me the time to make it right in my mind.

I think it was Duke Ellington who once said that we're always most pleased with our current record. I mean, you have to assume that you learn from one, and you do something better next time.

I found songwriting really hard at first, but after a while it was actually very easy.

Getting used to the studio and everything was fun, we freaked about alot. I was working very hard then.

I like messing around, and I like working with artists who I respect.

I didn't really know how to make a film when I made 'Control'. I had to create my own language, just as I did when I started taking photographs. I never studied either one.

Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into it.

The funny thing about making this record and being away from the girls and on my own in LA is that it allowed me to reflect on how much we've accomplished.

Johnny was great in the studio; he was there to make the music that he wanted to make. We lived right beside each other and had a rehearsal studio that was just ours, with nobody else using it, it was part of Johnny's house, so we could rehearse every day.

When I'm making records, I like it to be quite fast. Don't let the band learn it too well.

I learn from every movie I do because on every movie I have a different experience.

I don't mind sitting at home playing the guitar for a year as long as I'm making good films.

I enjoyed making this album a lot because of the knowledge we acquired over the last 3 years.

What I try to do probably doesn't come out. What I've worked out what I do - I might not be right - is to do something very personal, and then suddenly I look at it, up in the air. I blow it up and look at it and then I come down again - a better man.

I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it's like learning everyday.

I'm very, very open to experimenting with different people and trying to find different methods of writing and making music.

I learned a lot from the various artists I produced. Either you see them doing something that you do want to do it, or you see them doing something the way you don't want to do it.

With Fincher, you can take chances and try things. And what happens is that any pretension and preparation you've done, all the square, intellectual work, you can't keep that up for 40 takes. It breaks down, and new things start popping up. This, for me, is the most exciting thing about film-making.