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" For me, one of the downfalls of electronic music is that it can feel a little soulless or robotic. "

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" I want to be creative in as many different environments as possible, whether it's doing film scores, writing for TV ads or video games - all sorts of stuff, as long as it requires writing music. "

" I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff. "

" I get bored of music really easily, so I always try and make music that makes sense, but then it's just a little bit wrong. "

" I think it would be nice to see more of an open culture to different music. "

" I actually found not having a routine was inspiration. "

" I feel like I've got a pretty good presence online through Instagram and Facebook. I just keep it simple. "

" Often, when I work with a vocalist, I like to focus on the melodies first. "

" There's no person I aspire to be. I'm just doing my own thing and seeing what happens - not looking to something and trying to be that. "

" I'm not into the attention thing so much. "

" What So Not used to be a lot more dance-y, and now it's becoming a lot more melodic. Flume has always had that melodic thing, but it's starting to become a bit heavier, so it's just difficult to navigate between the two. "

" I was delivering papers when I was, like, 10 or 11, and I'd always daydream about being an artist as a full-time thing. "

" I love heavy music. I keep Flume nice and melodic, so I save the angry, testosterone-fueled heavy stuff for What So Not. I think it's a good defining thing for the two projects. "

" I had this little Bon Iver phase a few years back; 'Flume' was one of my favourite songs. "

" To me, skin is alien and kind of weird; it weirds me out. It's strange, but it's also really intimate and personal; it's living, organic. That's how I want the music to sound; I want it to feel alien and strange, but also like it's got a heartbeat, like it's got a soul, like it's not made by a robot. "

" I'm always really curious about, you know, 'How do you deal with success psychologically?' and all this stuff. "

" I'm a huge fan of Flying Lotus. I like The XX's stuff. "

" With Spotify, I think people are discovering a lot of artists they might not discover otherwise. "

" Back in the day, I had this fluoro pink hoodie that I thought was the coolest thing ever. Left it at a party and never saw it again. Probably the best thing that could have happened. "

" For me, I actually come from an electronic dance music background: house music, electro house, trance music, even. When I was coming out of school, basically, I discovered Brain Fever, Flying Lotus, J Dilla and all that. That was when I got excited about hip-hop and when the Flume project started. "

" Everyone can write their melodies and chords and pianos and guitars, but what hasn't been discovered yet are tones and textures, and that's very exciting. Probably the No. 1 most important thing in my music is not to sound like anyone else. "

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" I had an idea when I was 18 or 19 to start tutoring people, like the way that people get tutored in saxophone or guitar, but for production. I really enjoyed it, but I don't have time for that any more. "

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" My parents used to play me this album when I couldn't go to sleep. It was called 'Deep Forest.' I think it was a self-titled record. It's actually still one of my favorite albums of all time. "