I'm interested in philosophy, I studied it, and I also admit I try to read things that are way above me. I have a limit: I take what I need from it, …

- Daniel Lopatin

We seem to invest so much time and belief that those things are stable in some way - something to build towards, or something to use to better unders…

- Daniel Lopatin

It can be really weird to say, 'Hey man, let's make a record and start with this horrible zither sound.' But I was obsessed with the idea of taking a…

- Daniel Lopatin

If there is any selfish angle, then it would probably be me just knocking myself in the head, thinking "Is there anybody here? Am I still able to com…

- Daniel Lopatin

It's such a contentious thing to get people in a room and just say, "go!"

- Daniel Lopatin

I think, if you can only talk about your stuff in a jargonistic way, you're not as smart as you think. You're alienating people who deserve to have a…

- Daniel Lopatin

I always fear with music that it can be too immediate - too geared toward a "get addicted to it and throw it away" mentality. I get so melancholic on…

- Daniel Lopatin

I don’t have a theoretical language for music. I’m really inspired by sculpture, so I like to say, ‘you’re not making music, you’re creating a space.…

- Daniel Lopatin

Games is like hardwired plumbing in the house of pop. It's not pop itself, its sort of like the behind-the-scenes arteries and capillaries of pop mus…

- Daniel Lopatin