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" I don't mind playing my music live. It's fun. But what my real passion is is writing music. "

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

" I'm a really heavy sleeper. When I wake up I'm a terrible morning person. "

" I was nine, and I was shopping in a supermarket with my dad. There was this cereal, and it had a special promotion with a CD inside the box that had a really simple music-making program on it. I got it, and that opened my mind to being able to make music on a computer and seeing all the different layers. "

" My main inspirations come from early '90s Trance, the French electro movement round '06, then a bunch of artists like Flying Lotus, J Dilla, Moby, The Prodigy. So I'd say it's some kind of experimental electronica with a strong hip hop influence. It's chilled, but people can still get super crazy and dance to it. "

" The goal was always to do something that felt human but was 100 percent electronic. "

" Making sounds that literally no one has ever heard before because the software and the technology's never been there, and pairing that with great songwriting, then that's what's exciting for me. That's what I wanna do. "

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

" 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. "

" Once I'm in a situation where I can not do anything for three years and go off the map, I'll focus more on writing. Right now, I want to just make Flume awesome... and big. "

" Imperfection is perfection. "

" I want to fuse the abrasive and the beautiful. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The minute I saw the front page of the 'Daily Telegraph' - me with my arm around the latest 'X-Factor' contestant - I realised I'd gone into a new realm. "

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

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

" I feel like I ask people who have been in the industry for a while a lot of questions. "

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" I think the thing that L.A. had on Sydney is an awesome music scene, especially for what I do. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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