Zitat des Tages von Oliver Sim:
Beyonce is very special. I think the super-pop thing that supposedly died with Michael Jackson is still there with her.
As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
When I finished school, I didn't continue to go to university, because I decided I wanted to do music.
I was just making music in my bedroom. I never wanted to be onstage.
I enjoy not knowing everything about a musician I like. At a time when you can find out a popstar's favourite animal, I think it's more exciting not to know. I just don't want to tell everyone everything.
I believe with a lot of support shows, people are very much there to see the headliner. You don't necessarily have their full attention, and some of what we do requires a lot of silence.
The darkness of clubs makes me feel much more secure, and you can hide behind smoke and lights.
You see bands putting ads in the paper: 'drummer wanted'. I could never be in a set-up like that.
My writing has changed a lot. From 16 to 19, I've changed a lot. My kind of writing in the beginning was very observational; now it's grown very personal for me. I use it as a diary in many ways.
I remember reading an interview with Adele, where she said that touring was the loneliest thing in the world. All of her band are hired, so, really, it's just her. I can't imagine what that must be like.
Normally, I don't like explaining songs. I don't want to kill anyone's interpretation or the story they want to make for themselves.
To perform in front of a room full of people you go to school with would be terrifying. I couldn't do it now.
When you write songs for your best friends and maybe two other people to hear, and then realize that a million other people are going to hear them, it can be a bit worrying. You get concerned about what you might reveal.
'Coexist' was tough to make.
I can see myself always writing songs - but I'm not sure if I'll always want to perform.
The xx do not condone guns!
My own personal goal is I just hope to still write songs and kind of let that sustain me as a job. If I could never have a 9-to-5 job, and making a living doing this, it'd just be incredible.
