Quotes from Jon Hopkins

When you sit there doing a film score for three months there's no time to experiment.

I'm not interested in making an album that's just dark and pummelling for an hour, nor am I interested in making a beatless record from start to finish.

I love starting a track in one place and not knowing where it's going to end up.

Sometimes you can just record anything and slow it down hugely and you'll find all these hidden notes and frequencies that match up really nicely.

You can only make the best thing you can make, and if it offends purists, or angers certain critics, you can only have done your best.

Transcendental meditation in particular is very useful in terms of unlocking those deeper parts of the subconscious where ideas are floating.

Maybe I'm just stubborn about learning new things - I can't stand learning new programs - but any sound I can imagine, I can make with SoundForge. And I'm using the old version, like 4.5 from 1999. I use it for every sound.

Writing music - particularly music without lyrics - calls almost exclusively on the subconscious.

I learned over the years to trust that the subconscious is going to provide guidance.

I don't have a huge amount of gear, but on the software side, I have a number of plug-in chains that act as abstracted versions of real instruments.

I've tried to do every album in a different style, which is why I tend to leave a fair bit of time between each one.

I think there's a spiritual element to dancing in general. There's a reason why in every culture, dancing seems to be in our DNA.

I would never advocate anyone doing anything without educating themselves and finding out exactly what they're in for.

Well, I don't really use MIDI that much. But I do record audio around me a lot, and just layer it up and see what effect it has, without any aforethought.

I prefer a long day of starting in the morning over working late into the night.