Ikue Mori Quotes

Because it's dance music, you can't really have a lot of changing in there. It's really not for me because there's too much repetition. I like more diversity.

Come to think of it, the way I play is like a drum machine- very mechanical.

I got tired of different drum sounds so you buy different effects for more manipulation.

I still think that I'm playing instruments, not just pushing buttons and there it goes. It's interactive and alive with the sound and the manipulation and it plays like instruments.

I was playing in other rock bands. Any of those bands didn't last long.

I'm interested in stories and the dark side of peoples' minds.

Improvising things is always changing. A lot of momentum.

So now I don't have time to practice drums. It's been five years since I've touched the drums.

Somebody gave me this drum machine and somebody else asked me to program something for a project. I really liked programming and I was really interested in using the drum machine.

The most important thing is that it's much more fun to play in a band than to be in an audience in a club. That's the main thing I think, that you can do it.