Aphex Twin Quotes

United Kingdom, Musician
August 18, 1971

Richard David James, best known by the stage name Aphex Twin, is a British musician. He is best known for his influential and idiosyncratic work in styles such as ambient techno and intelligent dance music during the 1990s. He is among the most acclaimed figures in contemporary electronic music.

Sometimes I just hit the keyboard in a way I'd like the rhythm of the tracks to sound.

Aphex Twin
- Rhythm
- Tracks
- Keyboard
Can't really despise people you don't know.

Aphex Twin
- People
- Know
- Despise

The best musicians or sound-artists are people who never considered themselves to be artists or musicians.

Aphex Twin
I'm a quite erratic person: From setups to actually when I'm doing a track, it's just turning and switching and changing all the time.

Aphex Twin
- Changing
- Track
- Setups
It's not about what equipment you have, it's what you do with it.

Aphex Twin
- Have
- Equipment
- You Do
I've got a weird balance problem as a human being, like I'm dizzy, and it's something to do with that.

Aphex Twin
- Problem
- Balance
- Dizzy
A lot of composers before me have been on this mission to change the world by getting off equal temperament, and I'm definitely one of those.

Aphex Twin
- Change
- Mission
- Composers
When you get new rules that work, you're changing the physiology of your brain. And then your brain has to reconfigure itself in order to deal with it.

Aphex Twin
- Work
- Brain
- Rules

You change all the time. Everything changes you.

Aphex Twin
- Time
- Change
- Everything
It sounds really arrogant, but my music's my favourite music ever. I prefer it to anyone else's.

Aphex Twin
- Music
- Favourite
- Arrogant