I don't find touring very creative. There's not much time to yourself with your instruments. Oliver Sim More Quotes by Oliver Sim More Quotes From Oliver Sim Towards the end of Coexist, we had a couple of short tours where, although we were on the road together, we weren't speaking very much. We were there to do a job, and once the show was done we'd go our separate ways to our hotel rooms. Those were some of my unhappiest moments. Stepping offstage and, within an hour, being in a hotel room alone is the most crazy feeling. I don't know how to really explain it. I felt just lost and confused. It's anticlimactic and you just feel really lonely. Oliver Sim confused couple lonely With Brexit and the U.S. election, it's become clear that a lot of people have been thinking a certain way. Nothing has actually changed yet except the fact that it's been brought to light, which is quite a daunting, scary thing to realize. Oliver Sim scary people thinking I've spent a lot of my early twenties focusing on other people as opposed to myself. Being madly in love with people and putting them first and not necessarily putting myself under a microscope. It's unsettling but I'm trying to be the kind of person that can be alone, at peace with himself. Making most recent album, I felt braver putting stuff into songs than I do bringing them up in conversation. Which makes no logical sense. Lyrically, there was a lot less hiding behind suns and moons and stars. Oliver Sim moon song people I feel like I've got so much to do, from a music perspective. Jamie's done his record and traveled around the world with it. Romy did all those writing sessions. I would love to do what Romy's done and experience that other side of the pop machine. It sounds terrifying and, at times, a little bit soulless. That's a real pet peeve of mine, when people talk about songwriting in a cynical way. But having said that I still want to do it, just to know what it's like. Oliver Sim perspective real writing I just listen to quite random songs; I don't like really particular artists or bands. Oliver Sim band artist song I've got quite a varied iTunes, and I like to raid people's CD collections and take on their music. Oliver Sim collections cds people I put things on shuffle a lot, which is probably why I don't have a very good idea of genre. Oliver Sim genre very-good ideas The darkness of clubs makes me feel much more secure, and you can hide behind smoke and lights. Oliver Sim me you smoke darkness Romy and I, we're learning how to share the xx with people who aren't in the xx. Oliver Sim how who learning people In our school, there were lots of bands putting up posters saying 'Come to our gigs'. Oliver Sim saying come up school I enjoy not knowing everything about a musician I like. At a time when you can find out a popstar's favourite animal, I think it's more exciting not to know. I just don't want to tell everyone everything. Oliver Sim you enjoy time animal The day that you walk out in front of 30,000 people and don't get nervous is probably the day to give it up. It's inspiring to be a little terrified. Oliver Sim walk day you people To perform in front of a room full of people you go to school with would be terrifying. I couldn't do it now. Oliver Sim go you people school I can't even imagine how it must be to be a solo artist playing with session musicians. Oliver Sim musicians how solo artist The xx do not condone guns! Oliver Sim condone guns I've never felt any huge intrusions into my personal life. Oliver Sim personal never personal-life life In the studio, there's no tiptoeing. As opposed to big, blow-out arguments, there are just lots of little solutions. Oliver Sim studio little big just I was just making music in my bedroom. I never wanted to be onstage. Oliver Sim never just bedroom music Normally, I don't like explaining songs. I don't want to kill anyone's interpretation or the story they want to make for themselves. Oliver Sim songs story like want When you write songs for your best friends and maybe two other people to hear, and then realize that a million other people are going to hear them, it can be a bit worrying. You get concerned about what you might reveal. Oliver Sim best you friends people
