I find the more I DJ, the more ideas I have and the more music I want to make.

- Kieran Hebden

I thought Everything Ecstatic was the happiest of them all - hence the "ecstatic" name. The whole concept behind that was total out-and-out euphoric …

- Kieran Hebden

My father is a massive, massive music fan. I grew up listening to rock, soul and jazz.

- Kieran Hebden

I think the most important thing for me is putting out records that document ideas.

- Kieran Hebden

So many people I was at school with have all ended up being musicians and putting records out.

- Kieran Hebden

I've always explored things that people find a bit more freakish, like free jazz, and I'd gotten to a point where the live music I was making was rea…

- Kieran Hebden

Gospel isn't some ditty to make people enjoy their afternoon - it's communicating with God.

- Kieran Hebden

I realized there were no words or anything in my music, nothing that people would have to draw them in a little bit more.

- Kieran Hebden

When I first heard bands like Tortoise, it seemed to come off the back of that world, like let's make a record with three vibraphones and release it …

- Kieran Hebden