I begged and begged, and my uncle gave me his old turntables. It was one hi-fi and one old Stereo Lab turntable and a rusty mixer. I was really chuffed. I kept that for five years - that's where I learned to mix.
I have this romanticized idea of dance music in the '90s because, obviously, I was way too young to be a part of it. So I have this rose-tinted idea of it. I have this idea of it being a very special time. But I still don't know that much - I can never remember any names of seminal artists.
It's not like I force myself to think of sad things, but... it's more that I make music because it makes me happy.
My parents' record collection was the music I was hearing as long as I can remember, and I would play Otis Redding over and over again.
I'm used to making songs; that's how I learned to make music. My structures will always be more like pop songs than dance tracks.
People always think the xx are, like, moody and all dressed in black. We do all dress in black, but we're actually quite fun people - and we've come out of our shells a lot since the first album.
