Quotes by Jamie Lidell

Jamie Lidell

Accessible music is much harder. I could throw out the other kind of albums with my eyes closed. I wouldn’t belittle those who want to do the Tricky thing, but it does make me wonder sometimes.

Eye

Kind

Sometimes

All kinds of music comes out that I’m not prepared for. Some of it is good, some of it rubbish, but I kind of accept it all. That’s the nature of stream-of-consciousness. You can’t always come up with your most lucid material in the heat of the moment. I take that risk when I play live. I open up my mind, however fertile a creative springboard it is that evening.

Creative

Mind

Risk

I can see that in retrospect but I guess I’ve always had such an identity crisis when it comes to other people’s understanding of me.

Identity

People

Understanding

I do my best to make music spontaneously. It’s very personal in a way. It’s really a direct connection between me and anyone who’s watching. I don’t want to be in my own bubble. I’m reaching out.

Bubbles

Direct

Reach Out

I do really enjoy having a crowd of people out to see me. They really motivate me. I feel really lucky they’ve come down so I give it what I have got every time.

Giving

Lucky

People

I feel myself developing more and more of this soul voice, and…it’s a mystery to me. Fundamentally, I just think because I feel it, it’s alright.

Mystery

Soul

Thinking

I find it quite difficult to analyze my own motives for things. I tend to go with a gut feeling in the moment.

Difficult

Feelings

Moments

I guess I’ve always had such an identity crisis when it comes to other people’s understanding of me. I don’t feel it in myself but from an outsider’s point of view, I can see they must be thinking, “Who the hell does this guy think he is?” But recently I’ve been thinking, okay, a white guy can’t sing soul, but would a black person be made exempt from singing opera because it’s not a tradition that belongs to them? It’s the same kind of argument.

Guy

Thinking

Understanding

I just throw myself into a mad frenzy, whip up a storm and see what comes through.

Mad

Storm

I just wanted to have some songs I could stand behind, and when I’m on stage just be loving it. People ask me why I did that and I think perhaps it’s because Berlin is quite a gray place and I needed to sympathize with a bit of sunshine.

Song

Sunshine

Thinking

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Quotes by Jamie Lidell

Jamie Lidell

Accessible music is much harder. I could throw out the other kind of albums with my eyes closed. I wouldn’t belittle those who want to do the Tricky thing, but it does make me wonder sometimes.

I can see that in retrospect but I guess I’ve always had such an identity crisis when it comes to other people’s understanding of me.

I do my best to make music spontaneously. It’s very personal in a way. It’s really a direct connection between me and anyone who’s watching. I don’t want to be in my own bubble. I’m reaching out.

I do really enjoy having a crowd of people out to see me. They really motivate me. I feel really lucky they’ve come down so I give it what I have got every time.

I feel myself developing more and more of this soul voice, and…it’s a mystery to me. Fundamentally, I just think because I feel it, it’s alright.

I find it quite difficult to analyze my own motives for things. I tend to go with a gut feeling in the moment.

I just throw myself into a mad frenzy, whip up a storm and see what comes through.

I just wanted to have some songs I could stand behind, and when I’m on stage just be loving it. People ask me why I did that and I think perhaps it’s because Berlin is quite a gray place and I needed to sympathize with a bit of sunshine.

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