Songs can click together really quickly, and other times, they're really laborious and heavy-lifting. James Murphy More Quotes by James Murphy More Quotes From James Murphy We didn't set out to be cool. We set out to be an extremely tight band. We wanted to defy expectations. The more negative your mindset on coming to one of our gigs, the better for us, frankly. James Murphy bettercoolexpectationsnegative If being in a band was my job, then I would quit. This is not a good job. A good job is in financial management. James Murphy quitjobgoodmanagement I never did albums fully at DFA; I always would go someplace else so I wasn't making a record in my office, basically. James Murphy nevergoalwaysoffice What we are as a live band is different to what we are on recordings, but they're both equal versions: they're both LCD Soundsystem, but in very different ways. James Murphy liveequalbanddifferent My gut instincts are strong, but they're not always accessible to me, which is why I like DJing, because you don't have time, and you have to go on instinct. James Murphy meyoustrongtime One of the big things that broke the band up for me, which I've become much clearer on over the years, was that I had no desire to be famous. James Murphy thingsmebanddesire The vast majority of kids in my school went on to college. That's just what you did. And I remember feeling like, 'No, I'm not doing that.' The idea that college was next, that it was a given, meant it was of no interest to me. So I didn't go. James Murphy feelingmeyouschool I don't want to be subsumed into popular culture and played on the radio next to some garbage music. James Murphy garbagemusicwantculture I was into punk rock my whole life. I never listened to the Eagles. I never listened to things that were getting Grammys. So getting a Grammy nomination wasn't bad, it just wasn't meaningful. James Murphy rockneverbadlife
