Flume Quotes

I like to explore sounds.

And I'm always interested when other musicians are trying to discover new worlds of sound.

I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music.

To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box.

Music in general is looking for something new overall.

I think the '70s was a much healthier period for music because people were more innovative and creative.

I wanted to try a different way of making music. That's what made me try different things with my voice.

Play a jungle record from 1993 to someone in 1989 and it would have sounded like something so new that it would have challenged them to rethink what music was, or could be.

We never sit down before we start making a record and talk about this new sonic palette that we are going to try to explore. We always let the record kind of reveal itself to us over time.

I love all Yes music and love to play it live, but I'm most interested in making new music with Yes.

I don't always have to be on what is the newest in music is. I'm slowly educating myself in music. For me, I feel more free in not knowing everything in what I'm doing. You can start making up too many rules for yourself. It should just be love and fun and feeling good.

When I listen to music, there's usually some aspect of that music that I like, and that's what I take and try to bring into my own music. Bringing in other musicians to collaborate with is a good way for me to test out new ways or make music that I might have not discovered on my own.

I had an indie pop phase, I had just about every phase you could think of.

I combine aspects of many styles of music and create my own musical forms by way of electronic instruments.

When I tried to play something and screwed up, I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it.

I think no matter what kind of music you play, there will be moments when you feel like it's all been done before.

Pop music is so structured, and I'm excited to try and challenge that in my own work.

I would like to think that Ben and myself have begun a partnership that will take us into different areas of music that we can continue to write, enjoy and keep me involved with music other then what I do with RUSH.

It's never too late to do anything new when it comes to music.

The music that I make is built on layers upon layers of musical ideas. I want to keep it fun and fresh to where listeners won't get everything from just one listen. They can go back to it months, weeks, or even years later and hear something that they didn't ever hear before. That's what it's all about.

Well, I think music for kids is never anything but experimental is it?

Warp was important to Thom about two years ago when he was looking for different sounds.

I try to get underneath the skin of all kinds of music, and I never know what's going to inspire me and what makes me crazy.

You have got to make new music, that is the way that I look at it anyway.

I listen to a wide range of music, from country to pop to alternative rock, as well as Indian music. You know, what excites me are new ideas. And with a lot of the international hits - from Lady Gaga to Rihanna and others - you'd find excellent production and groundbreaking ideas that lift the music to a greater realm.