Porter Robinson Quotes

I'm an electronic guy, I'm a freak for electronic music but real instruments, the dynamic range of it, and the emotions, there's no comparison.

I'm a big fan of electronic dance music.

I wrote probably my phattest banging record with Knife Party: 'Pile Driver.'

I am associated with techno epics.

There's a big gaping hole in the EDM space for songwriting. It's one thing to learn how to be a great sound designer and become big just on sound design. Especially if you're in the dubstep category, it's like, how much fatter and more interesting can you make those drops.

The blues tells a story in itself. It can make you happy or give you a feeling to swing.

I'm recording an album. It's sort of techno mixed with garbage - you, know, intense in-your-face music.

I don't think I represent all things dubstep. I just like clubbing, so those are the sounds I've chosen to work with.

I listen to a lot of different kinds of music and at the moment I listen a lot to house music.

Even in America, we're not a huge act by any means, Major Lazer.

I embraced EDM from the beginning.

I'm a huge fan of the Chainsmokers - like, huge. Like, I would love to collaborate with them.

A lot of electronic music out there feels cold. I want to incorporate a human element.

I actually really like DJ Assault - a Detroit a ghetto tech DJ, who's produced good music that's influenced me a bit.

House music is the root of all electronic dance music.

I'm into a lot of music, definitely a lot of rap. 'Dedication 4', the Lil' Wayne album. Actually, I've been getting into some Swedish house music; the beat just keeps me going a little bit.

Oddly, I think that a lot of the haters of EDM and DJs are actually within the world of electronic music.

I was DJ'ing house music way back when - I'm not like a new house guy.

I love mixing house and disco with anything bass.

Pop music might seem banal and simple to some people, but it's what it expresses that counts.

I'm crossing the EDM barrier.

My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.

I think blues music is music of the soul. Of course, there are other forms. You could call some classical music blues music in that way.

A lot of Gorillaz songs were very personal. I mean, that's why it was interesting, because it wasn't music being made for a cartoon. It was something different. It was a much more emotional affair. I wasn't necessarily thinking in the third-person then.

My goal is to connect with people emotionally. I take life’s experiences and translate them into music — music that hopefully creates an impact on the listener.