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I play vinyl and CDs. Playing vinyl is the best sound quality you can get playing music loudly, so that's the main reason I do that.

From Jamie xx

I started using vinyl because I stole all my parents' records when I was 10. I didn't think about sound quality then, but I always loved how they sounded.

From Jamie xx

All music is escapism for me, but I like the way that, on a good night, that sense of escapism can be shared.

From Jamie xx

I begged and begged, and my uncle gave me his old turntables. It was one hi-fi and one old Stereo Lab turntable and a rusty mixer. I was really chuffed. I kept that for five years - that's where I learned to mix.

From Jamie xx

It's still as exciting to play records I've not heard before as it was when I was young. There's not much that makes me feel like that besides making music. And they definitely feed into each other.

From Jamie xx

When I hear something new, mostly in rhythms, I often find it interesting to recreate it in a studio in a completely different way.

From Jamie xx

When I buy lots of records, I stop making music - it's detrimental to the creative side. When I'm DJing a lot, it's just basically partying every day.

From Jamie xx

I can make something for a long time and just not come up with an ending. It's finishing things that I don't enjoy.

From Jamie xx

It's not like I force myself to think of sad things, but... it's more that I make music because it makes me happy.

From Jamie xx

I just like the lineage and the heritage and the fact that British dance music is still progressing. I'm from London; I love London, and I wouldn't know how else to show that love in musical terms. There's something about British stuff that's a bit faster, a bit harder-hitting. Just tough.

From Jamie xx

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