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" I definitely wanted the second record to be a much more grandiose thing. I wanted to push myself and make a big statement. "

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" Honestly, production when you first start can be difficult to wrap your head around. "

" Imperfection is perfection. "

" What it is now is basically, I'll sit on my computer; I basically kind of play the computer as an instrument, I guess you could say. I guess I play the Mac. And how it works is, say - I have a program called 'Ableton Live.' And, you know, you'll open it up, and it's just blank. There's nothing there. And then you start. "

" I could do another tour, make a record that's very similar, do similar venues. Or I could make a different record, do different venues, and grow. It's exciting to take it to new places, but it's never been my intent to be the biggest thing in the world. That's not what my drive is. I want to make what I want to make, and make a living off it. "

" What it is now is basically I'll sit on my computer; I basically kind of play the computer as an instrument, I guess you could say. I guess I play the Mac. "

" It was a difficult second record. I had moments where I couldn't write; had moments where I was writing lots. It was just a massive learning process for me. "

" In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home. "

" 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. "

" I think, in the early years, my biggest influences would have been... Daft Punk was a huge one for me, I bought their main record when I was nine; at a young age, I was into music. The Prodigy, Gorillaz were big ones. "

" I've never been a rap guy, I don't really know that much about rap music, to be honest. I like it, but I think what really happened was just my music seems to work so well with rap music. "

" In the dressing room, we've just made it really Zen: low lighting, lots of candles, and fresh, healthy food. "

" I think at first the Flume project really started out as an online thing. I used Facebook and SoundCloud, and I think we got lucky because it felt like a bit of a golden age of those social media platforms. So I managed to create quite a solid fan base online. "

" On stage, I like to dress up a bit. I'm not scared to be like a character up there. "

" 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. "

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

" I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album syndrome. I'm living proof; it's very real. It was like a psychological battle to be creative. I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?' "

" I just want to write another record that's as good or better than the one I've already made. That's my main goal, to follow up stronger than before. "

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

" I don't think I make dance music. It's not even 4/4. And it's slow. "

" When I heard Flying Lotus, I was like, 'Wow, okay, everything can be off the grid.' "

" I've grown up by the beach all my life, and I almost get anxiety if I haven't been swimming for a couple weeks or a month. It kind of builds up, so I try and get out as much as possible. "

" I can't sing, but I'll sing over this chord progression, like, over and over, for however long it takes - sometimes it's, like, two minutes, sometimes it's 20 minutes - until I've found like a hook or something that I'm really happy with. And then, basically, it just like that's my melody, and that's where I start from. "

" I feel like the first record was really finding my feet, figuring out what music I wanted to make... Now that I've done that, I feel like I've got a much clearer idea of what I want to sound like and what I want to discover. It's exciting. "

" I'm just trying to work out how to write music now, because I've never had the opportunity where my number-one priority is writing music. I don't know how my brain works yet. "

" 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've been listening to a lot of music by Arca. "

" I want to make music that is completely electronic but doesn't feel it. "

" I just want to try writing for other people 'cause it's quite exciting. "

" I never expected to make a lot of money from music. "