I never really approach collaborations as kind of normal things where they're arranged and they happen because you've arranged them. I've always been like this, I just have friends I hang out with, and while we're hanging out, if music happens then it happens. James Blake
Dubstep has everything for me. Rhythm, sound design, heartfelt emotion - all in one place. James Blake
It really surprises me that people in this day and age still write such busy music and fill up every space with layer upon layer of sound... it's like musical landfill. James Blake
I've been asked a lot about the state of dubstep in America, and everyone wants me to say something controversial, but I have no negative feelings toward anything, really. James Blake
At some stage in the process, most mainstream pop records are being manipulated and possibly completely rebuilt on a computer, with a visual program. James Blake
The level on which Japan seems to have picked up on my music seems to be on a more abstract level. James Blake
In terms of writing more club tracks, writing more electronically influenced - I feel like it was all electronically influenced, but now that influence has come to me in a different way.James Blake
I've been really trying to hone the art of songwriting in a way that doesn't follow any sort of guideline. James Blake
I think when you're learning an instrument, you are restricted because much of it is the noise of individual theory and your ability to play the instrument. James Blake
I think the music that you make, often it's even better if you identify with other people. James Blake
A lot of the vocal music I've been doing recently has been quite clubby. But that's mainly because I've had more time to go to clubs, and that normally breeds that kind of influence. James Blake
That's something a point guard can always work on, with keeping his dribble alive a little better. It's so important. Steve Blake
I've won a championship on every level except the NBA. It's frustrating to have not gotten that in the first two years. Steve Blake
My oldest son always wants to race. He's kind of like me and it now has carried over to the other two. They're all pretty competitive now. We do stuff in the pool. They're like fish in water. They go all over the place. They're kids. They like to play, have fun and compete with everything they do. Steve Blake
I'm probably the least flexible athlete you'll find. When it comes to yoga, I can't get in the positions and I can't hold them. You have to be pretty flexible to do it. Once you get certain positions, you have to have the core strength to hold those positions. It's a pretty good workoutSteve Blake
I'm pretty quiet. But I love to play sports. I like playing all sports. I'll act goofy at times around my wife and my son, around my own family. I like to have fun in general. Steve Blake