Jon Hopkins Quotes

A lot of my work comes from my life experiences.

I decided with 'Savage Season' to use a lot of things in my life as the basis.

The first record I spent five years writing and it was an amalgamation of all the things that happened in my life from the time I was fifteen to the time I was twenty.

As I experience life and go through things, that's what I write about.

The story of 'Lasers' is my story. I didn't have to look too far to get subject matter for this record; it was stuff that was happening to me.

I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life.

I think 'Lost Boy' is more of a metaphor for oneself. When I listen to that song, I don't picture someone else. I kind of wrote it from a very honest place.

All my songs are where I am.

I have long begged off the question of my albums reflecting where I am 'at' personally. There is more inaccuracy in that approach than accuracy.

As a writer, you rely on whatever makes you up as a person, whether those things are twisted and nasty or otherwise.

My act has always reflected what's going on in my life.

I always write my music based on what is going on in my life at the time.

Inspiration for my music just comes from, you know, my life experiences.

I feel I'm all over my movies. I know my movies are all over me.

The more I do in my life, the more I can write music about new experiences.

Yes, all my songs come from personal experience and relationships.

Well, I think in my own work the subject matter usually deals with characters I know, aspects of myself, friends of mine - that sort of thing.

People ask, 'Are your things autobiographical?,' and I think, no, they're not autobiographical directly, but of course my life has informed my work.

I don't think events in your life affect your music.

All of my films have been autobiographical - it's all I've got to go on.

My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.

Every song that I've done is me in one way or another.

With every role that I do, I always see a little bit of me, a little bit of art and life.

'Tender' is my most strongly autobiographical play.

I write about what happens to me. It's all there. I couldn't do it any other way.