I really enjoy playing for hours and hours. DJ sets where you turn up over an hour and you're on a festival stage, people basically expect much more pounding than I ever would play. I just feel like a fish out of water when I do those. They want something really kind of aggressive; that's not really the kind of music that I'm into.

Alexis Taylor

Categorized in : People Water Kind

Starting out, I remember being on the same bill with other bands, and I always thought they were so much better because they were rehearsed and had all their moves down and they sounded really tight.

starting-out band moving

When bands are on stage and they ask the crowd, "Are you having a good time?" what they're really saying is, "I just want a bit of reassurance - is everything all right?"

crowds band want

I don't love CDs more than anything else, but I was just playing around with the idea that they could be something you're momentarily keeping hold of as everything is passing by.

passing-by cds ideas

There's another thing that you don't want to take for granted, and that's the reality of there being an audience there each night. It's pretty amazing that that can happen around the world.

night reality world

To stop for years and then discover that the audience is getting smaller and smaller would be demoralizing.

audience would-be years

When you're making the record, you're not thinking about an audience, but you still need them and you want them.

records needs thinking

If you can do something that doesn't rely on a major melody but still sounds immediate rather than being obtuse and devoid of anything to catch onto, that's great.

melody stills sound

That happens quite a lot in Hot Chip - you can let go of something that was originally essential to the creation of a song.

essentials letting-go song

There is no decision to be more or less comic. I don't feel more or less humorous in my day-to-day. These things are accidental.

comic humorous decision