Quotes About Authenticity

All Prodigy music is raw, and that will never change, the production is raw, the sounds are dirty, you can't get away from that. Take it or leave it.

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.

My thing is I'd love to be friends with Thom Yorke but if he wasn't a nice guy it would ruin everything for me, I probably wouldn't be able to listen to his music.

For me, being transparent about every aspect of my life is what makes my music relatable and how I'm able to be an individual amongst the mass amounts of other artists.

The Fact That You Have The Ability To Stand On Stage And Sing While You're Crying Is So Brave.

What I do isn't black music, it's just my music.

When I look at commercial studios, I think, "Oh, they're all so nice and tidy," but it's because they don't actually write music in them.

Back in those days, all us skinny white British kids were trying to look cool and sound black. And there was Hendrix, the ultimate in black cool. Everything he did was natural and perfect.

I'm not mainstream at all. I can make mainstream music and I make music for mainstream artists, but me, myself, I'm not mainstream.

I just didn't make music that you could sing with a big grin, still don't.

You know I take music seriously, right? So I expect journalists to take being a journalist seriously.

Apart from a very close circle of friends, few people know my true self, and it's normal, I never put it into my music.

In all honesty, I'm not really familiar with Stevie Wonder's music, since country is more of my style. I really have no idea what I am doing.

I don't like my language watered down, I don't like my edges rounded off.

I am what I am Are you what you are or What?

We simply can't feel fulfilled by love we pay for.

I just like music that sounds like music. Not like machines and computers and things that you design to make things sound slick and perfect.

You're not going to hear me singing songs about Wall Street because I don't know anything about that.

Country Music is great music because it really comes from real life experiences. It is such a great haven for reality.

Sometimes I get, "Have you ever thought about doing real music?" I like to think the music I do is real, it just happens to be funny.

Starting out really punk came from not knowing any better and listening to music like that, not knowing how to play music - well, still not knowing how to play music.

The point is to let the music be itself. If it doesn't mean anything to you, then it's bullsh*t.

I respect country music because I feel like it's more about the talent and the songwriting.

The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.