I find it really disappointing and cheap when someone's copied the whole drum sound from a record.

I find it really disappointing and cheap when someone's copied the whole drum sound from a record.

When you're making the record, you're not thinking about an audience, but you still need them and you want them.

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."

When I first started doing stuff outside of Hot Chip, I got the impression that Joe Goddard was a bit concerned. But I said, "I really want to record these songs quickly and not turn them into dance music." And he was fairly supportive - maybe not wholly supportive. But then you learn that no one's about to quit the band, so it seems good and healthy.

In the recording process, sometimes people feel that there isn't a space for them to contribute.

You're trying to make music, and then at the end of it you give reasons for everything.