“If you're making things at home, there is no structure - no end, no beginning. So releasing stuff is a really nice way to have dividers in between what you do, and giving yourself a kick up the ass and saying, "OK, that's the end of that period."” IfsWayGivingEndsHomeStuffNicePeriodsStructureAssKicksReally NiceGiving YourselfSaying Ok Author:Aphex Twin
“My filing system's really crap because I can never decide whether to sort things by studio, or year, or where I lived.” YearsI CanStudiosCrapBecause I CanFiling Author:Aphex Twin
“When I look at commercial studios, I think, "Oh, they're all so nice and tidy," but it's because they don't actually write music in them.” ThinkingWritingLooksNiceStudiosTidy Author:Aphex Twin
“If it takes you three years to set up a studio, and you've made one track with that setup, then the logical thing to do is not change anything and just do another one using the same set of sounds.” IfsYearsMadeThreeSoundTrackStudiosThings To DoLogicalThree YearsSetups Author:Aphex Twin
“I've always got to change something. All the tracks I've done in the last five years were made in like six different studios. It gets a bit complicated.” YearsMadeDifferentDoneLastsBitsFiveSixTrackStudiosComplicatedFive YearsLast Five Years Author:Aphex Twin
“I'm a quite erratic person: From setups to actually when I'm doing a track, it's just turning and switching and changing all the time.” PersonsTrackSwitchingSetupsErratic Author:Aphex Twin
“I wanted to do gigs where you've just got mirrors on the stage, and then you light the crowd so they look at the stage and all they can see is themselves. It's just like, "There you go, it's you, you cunts."” LooksLightWantedStageMirrorsCrowdsGigs Author:Aphex Twin
“I've got a weird balance problem as a human being, like I'm dizzy, and it's something to do with that.” HumansProblemHuman BeingsBalanceDizzy Author:Aphex Twin
“There's something wrong with my brain, it doesn't work properly! I can hear the same pitch in both ears, whereas for most people, if you listen to one pitch in one ear, it's slightly different in the other. That's how your brain works out direction.” PeopleIfsI CanDifferentBrainEarsWork Out Author:Aphex Twin