When a band first comes along, they should be confusing and doing something people don't accept. You don't want the first reaction to just be, "Oh, I get that."

We're still making Hot Chip records whilst doing these other things, so why not just try and make music you enjoy making rather than being tied down by things? It would just be crazy to not allow people to make music.

There is no decision to be more or less comic. I don't feel more or less humorous in my day-to-day. These things are accidental.

A lot of people in the crowd want to be told what to do; if you just put your hands up, they do it.

Starting out, I remember being on the same bill with other bands, and I always thought they were so much better because they were rehearsed and had all their moves down and they sounded really tight.

To stop for years and then discover that the audience is getting smaller and smaller would be demoralizing.

That happens quite a lot in Hot Chip - you can let go of something that was originally essential to the creation of a song.