Alexis Taylor Quotes

United Kingdom, Musician
April 20, 1980

Alexis Taylor is a British musician. He is the lead vocalist and keyboardist/guitarist of the band Hot Chip, keyboardist in About Group, and a solo artist.

Also known as Vocalist, Guitarist

I was listening to a lot more folk music. I love the sound of acoustic guitars but I didn't want to be that person standing up there strumming away.

Alexis Taylor
- Music
- Person
- Away
To stop for years and then discover that the audience is getting smaller and smaller would be demoralizing.

Alexis Taylor
- Years
- Audience
- Smaller

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
- Sound
- Format
- Compressed
I don't love CDs more than anything else, but I was just playing around with the idea that they could be something you're momentarily keeping hold of as everything is passing by.

Alexis Taylor
- Playing
- Keeping
- CDs
When you're making the record, you're not thinking about an audience, but you still need them and you want them.

Alexis Taylor
- Audience
- Need
- Record
In the recording process, sometimes people feel that there isn't a space for them to contribute.

Alexis Taylor
There is no decision to be more or less comic. I don't feel more or less humorous in my day-to-day. These things are accidental.

Alexis Taylor
- Things
- Comic
- Accidental
There's another thing that you don't want to take for granted, and that's the reality of there being an audience there each night. It's pretty amazing that that can happen around the world.

Alexis Taylor
- Reality
- Audience
- Happen

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

Alexis Taylor
- Sound
- Cheap
- Copied
If you can do something that doesn't rely on a major melody but still sounds immediate rather than being obtuse and devoid of anything to catch on to, that's great.

Alexis Taylor
- Sound
- Melody
- Catch