“It always happens around beach resorts, a certain kind of money gravitates to the scene. The gold goes to the water. People love to wear it, show it off, roll with it. For me, I just find it disgusting.” PeopleKindShowsHappensCertainWaterSceneGoldBeachDisgustingResorts Author:Jamie Lidell
“Improvisation has been with me since I was a kid, and, taking a selfish pleasure from that, I just thought, "What the hell. It might as well be something other people enjoy."” PeopleWellsHas BeensMightKidsEnjoyPleasureHellSelfishImprovisation Author:Jamie Lidell
“People can rock together, people can do great things together, and that's what you love when you're working with characters and it's all going well.” PeopleWellsCharacterTogetherCan DoRocksGreat ThingsWhat You Love Author:Jamie Lidell
“I can see that in retrospect but I guess I've always had such an identity crisis when it comes to other people's understanding of me.” PeopleI CanUnderstandingIdentityCrisisRetrospectIdentity Crisis Author:Jamie Lidell
“I really wanted to maintain that bedroom philosophy to creating stuff. I don't believe the hype; I think a great record is because I put a lot of love into it. If people are feeling it, that's fantastic.” PeopleThinkingBelievePhilosophyFeelingsFantasticBedroom Author:Jamie Lidell
“If a shop has a lot of sections I'll end up putting my record above the James Blunt CDs since he ripped off my bloody artwork and he's selling millions of records! I try to get people to buy mine accidentally.” PeopleTryingSellingBloodyBlunt Author:Jamie Lidell
“It's a despicable world we're living in now. It's the most disgusting time for music in terms of big wigs, guys who like playing the game. It's hard to get your stuff heard. I find it really annoying actually. I think my music would appeal to a lot of people but being on Warp in the States it's really hard to get radio play and exposure. We need to push this internet revolution forward quickly.” PeopleThinkingWorldGuyTermRevolutionInternetAnnoyingDisgusting Author:Jamie Lidell
“I just wanted to have some songs I could stand behind, and when I'm on stage just be loving it. People ask me why I did that and I think perhaps it's because Berlin is quite a gray place and I needed to sympathize with a bit of sunshine.” PeopleThinkingSongAsk MeSunshine Author:Jamie Lidell
“I do really enjoy having a crowd of people out to see me. They really motivate me. I feel really lucky they've come down so I give it what I have got every time.” PeopleGivingEnjoyLucky Author:Jamie Lidell
“There's very much a domino effect when I'm playing. In fact, that's a good way of putting it. I'm trying to topple all the dominos in a single stroke. That would be a show with perfect momentum. Every now and again, you get one of those dominos that moves to the side a little bit, traps things and you have to stand them all up again and see if people will go with you. They'll let you off a few times but if you make too many mistakes they'll get a bit anxious.” PeopleTryingMovingPerfectMistakeAnxious Author:Jamie Lidell