Quotes from James Murphy

I'm generally a very optimistic guy.

I've always been a good imitator. I love music. But I'm just not that original.

I think that not being all that overwhelmed by good reviews is a luxury. I'm like a rich person who says he doesn't care about money.

The vast majority of kids in my school went on to college. That's just what you did. And I remember feeling like, 'No, I'm not doing that.' The idea that college was next, that it was a given, meant it was of no interest to me. So I didn't go.

LCD live was set up to be an argument about what's wrong with bands and why bands should be better. I always thought that we were so obviously not a great band, comically not a great band. I was not a great front man.

What we are as a live band is different to what we are on recordings, but they're both equal versions: they're both LCD Soundsystem, but in very different ways.

You can't be afraid to embarrass yourself sometimes.

I can be staggeringly evangelical. That's just my personality.

I'm attracted to people I cant have.

I love rock. I love the music that was born out of the latter part of the 20th century. It means a lot to me.

There's kind of a limitless amount of things I want to do, and when the path seems to open, that's when I try to do a thing.

I have a thing about inane lyrics - the world doesn't need them.