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James Murphy
American Musician
Born: Feb 4, 1970
Always Band Me Music People You
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One of the things that I think is special about DJing is creating this atmosphere of collectiveness, as if to say, 'We're all in this together.' James Murphy
Together Think Say One Of The Things Atmosphere About Creating Special Things
When I do a remix, I try to think about what I don't have in my bag and create something to fill that gap. James Murphy
Try Think About Something Bag Remix Create Gap Fill
I was a singing guitar player as a kid, and I found it really embarrassing, so I stopped singing and became a drummer. James Murphy
Guitar Singing Kid Embarrassing Guitar Player Drummer Became Stopped Really Found Player
I have a very toxic combination of being completely determined, inflexible, controlling and being totally shy, guilty at hurting anyone's feelings, hypersensitive to other people's needs - and it's just paralysing. James Murphy
Needs People Feelings Controlling Other Guilty Hurting Totally Determined Combination Toxic Very Just Inflexible Being Anyone Shy
Even in the band I was in when I was a kid, I'd be telling everyone what to do. I'd be leaning over the drums, telling them to tune their guitars, micromanaging. James Murphy
Band Everyone Kid Telling Guitars Over Leaning Drums Tune Them Even
As things mature - whether they be real estate, rock n' roll, politics, festivals, radio - there's an efficiency that develops, and with it, very often, comes some soul-crushing truths. James Murphy
Politics Real Estate Some Be Real Develops Rock Real Rock-N-Roll Very Efficiency Festivals Mature Truths Roll Often Estate Whether Radio Things
I love rock. I love the music that was born out of the latter part of the 20th century. It means a lot to me. James Murphy
Love Music Me Latter Out Born Part Rock Lot Century Means
To do a band properly does kind of mean you don't really get to do anything else. James Murphy
You Band Else Kind Properly Does Get Anything Anything Else Mean Really
I'm not a big songwriter guy. People who are really good singer-songwriters usually left me kind of cold. James Murphy
Good Me People Big Cold Kind Guy Songwriter Left Really Who
I started playing in my first band when I was 12. I like to date myself by saying I was in a New Age band when it wasn't ironic; it was actually called new wave because it was new. James Murphy
Saying Myself Age First Band Wave Date New New Age Like Because Ironic Actually Started Playing
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
Better Negative Band Our Mindset Extremely Frankly Out Defy Gigs More Tight Coming Expectations Wanted Us Your Cool Set
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
Good Management Financial Good Job Job Band Would Quit Being Then
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
Band Live Ways Recordings Both Equal Versions Very Different Different Ways
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
Me Big Become Band Broke No Desire Had Clearer Over Years Up Famous Big Things Which Much Things Desire
I don't want to be subsumed into popular culture and played on the radio next to some garbage music. James Murphy
Music Culture Garbage Some Want Next Radio Popular Popular Culture Played
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
Life Punk Punk Rock Bad Never Nomination Rock Were Getting Listened Just Grammy Grammys Meaningful Whole Eagles Things
There's kind of a limitless amount of things I want to do, and when the path seems to open, that's when I try to do a thing. James Murphy
Try Path Kind Seems Open Limitless Want Thing Amount Things
If I opened a record store, it wouldn't be all punk rock and esoterica. James Murphy
Punk Punk Rock Record Record Store Opened Rock Store
I'm a DJ, and I live in Williamsburg, and I run an independent record company. James Murphy
Live Independent Run Record Record Company Company
I understand that if someone's going to make me his idea of cool, I can't control that. James Murphy
Me Control Someone Idea Make Understand His Going Cool
LCD live was set up to be an argument about what's wrong with bands and why bands should be better. I always thought that we were so obviously not a great band, comically not a great band. I was not a great front man. James Murphy
Great Man Better Thought Argument Band Live About Wrong Obviously Always Were Up Bands Front Should Why Set
I'm basically a schlub. James Murphy
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I have a thing about inane lyrics - the world doesn't need them. James Murphy
World Lyrics About Them Thing Need
I've always been a good imitator. I love music. But I'm just not that original. James Murphy
Love Music Good Always Been Just Original
I spent a good amount of time with David Bowie, and I was talking about getting the band back together. He said, 'Does it make you uncomfortable?' I said 'Yeah,', and he said, 'Good. It should. You should be uncomfortable.' James Murphy
Time Good You Together Band Back Spent About Uncomfortable David David Bowie He Bowie Make Talking Does Said Yeah Getting Should Amount
If there was a direct influence on a song, I never hid it. James Murphy
Song Hid Direct Never Influence
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