When bands are on stage and they ask the crowd, "Are you having a good time?" what they're really saying is, "I just want a bit of reassurance - is e…

- Alexis Taylor

We're still making Hot Chip records whilst doing these other things, so why not just try and make music you enjoy making rather than being tied down …

- Alexis Taylor

It's funny, I played a social gig once - we were playing music that was rhythm based, but it was going in some strange places. Some people came up to…

- Alexis Taylor

Some people are better at seeing things through to a logical conclusion as far as copying things they like from other people's records; they understa…

- Alexis Taylor

I like the fact that everyone is nostalgic for vinyl, and I'm being nostalgic for CDs, which are like the new outdated things that no one is going to…

- Alexis Taylor

I've always found it interesting when I'm the person in the audience feeling mismatched by what I've seen or heard. The shows I've taken the most fro…

- Alexis Taylor

I find it really disappointing and cheap when someone's copied the whole drum sound from a record.

- Alexis Taylor

I'll also listen to music on a Discman and realize how nice it can sound when it's not compressed to MP3 format.

- Alexis Taylor

I think being a DJ is that thing of learning what makes a crowd move. As a DJ, you're constantly learning. It's like chess or something. After a coup…

- Alexis Taylor